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Global equity market carnage is not playing favorites on a regional basis to start 2016, and plenty of that carnage is being absorbed by UK stocks. Over the past month, the iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (iShares Trust (NYSE: EWU)), the largest UK exchange-traded fund trading in New York, has...

Since volatility is often viewed as being a bad thing and having a negative correlation to equities and other riskier assets, the timing could be right for the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures TM ETN (NYSE: VXX) and rival exchange-traded notes (ETNs), such as the once notorious Credit...

A quick look across airline stocks shows a slew of paltry yields. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) with a trailing 12-month dividend yield of a meager 1.2 percent looks good compared to rivals such as American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ: AAL) and Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE: LUV), neither of which...

Let's just eschew all the weather-related analogies and metaphors to say 2015 has been unkind to solar stocks and relevant exchange-traded funds. Over the past six months, the Market Vectors Solar Energy (ETF) (NYSE: KWT) and the Guggenheim Solar ETF (NYSE: TAN) are down 19.5 percent and 25.1...

In anticipation of higher U.S. interest rates, some of the largest issuers of exchange-traded funds have brought scores of interest rate hedged ETFs to market. The movement to bring these funds to market got going in earnest in 2014, and the field is now populated to the point the options number at...

Over 200 exchange-traded products have come to market this year, indicating the competition for investors' assets is growing more intense. So, any time a new exchange-traded fund can rapidly clear superficial hurdles, such as gaining $100 million in assets under management, that is an advantage...

There are several reasons why South Korea is one of investors' most favored emerging markets. First, Asia's fourth-largest economy is highly sophisticated, driven by technology and boasts statistics that put it on par with major developed markets. Second, along with Taiwan, South Korea is...

Few non-leveraged sector and industry exchange-traded funds can rival the weakness exhibited by the Market Vectors Steel (ETF) (NYSE: SLX) this year. The steel ETF is down nearly 38 percent. In the essence of fairness, it should also be noted that the SPDR S&P Metals and Mining (ETF) (NYSE: XME...

Over the past three months, the Shanghai Composite, the benchmark index for onshore Chinese equities or A-shares, has tumbled 24.7 percent. That has made U.S.-listed A-shares exchange-traded funds, namely the Deutsche X-Trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (NYSE: ASHR), favored targets of...

The euro traded steadily on Friday following disappointing PMI figures from the bloc’s largest economies. The common currency traded at $1.3284 at 8:00 GMT as investors saw the possibility of further easing from the region’s central bank increase. PMI data from Germany, the bloc...

U.S. stocks were little changed the day after investors and traders were reassured by the Federal Reserve that interest rates will not rise in the near-term. The U.S. government reported that fewer Americans filed claims for jobless benefits in the previous week, partly helping the S&P 500...

Traders embraced Markit (NASDAQ: MRKT) Thursday morning, as the global financial information services firm opened its initial public offering for trading. The 53.3 million share IPO priced Wednesday night at $24 per share, in the middle of the expected $23 to $25 range. At 10:31 a.m. ET the...