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Investing in European equities and exchange-traded funds has been tricky this year. The European Central Bank (ECB) has yet to give demanding investors something to really cheer about, and with the Federal Reserve still sounding dovish tones, the dollar's upside against the euro is seen as...

When income investors think of dividend stocks, more often than not, those thoughts focus on large- and mega-cap names, but dividend hunters should not sleep on smaller stocks. More than half of the members of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index are dividend payers, a percentage that has steadily...

If only we could summon Marty McFly and set the DeLorean to March 10, 2009. With the benefit of hindsight, investors know a simple S&P 500 exchange-traded fund has returned just over 227 percent since then. Some ETFs have done much, much better. The reality is a scant percentage of today's...

Investing in Europe, even by way of exchange-traded funds, has been tricky this year. For investors eyeing eurozone economies, the European Central Bank (ECB) has not, despite its best efforts, encouraged investors to dive back into those markets. In the UK, there is Brexit risk. Negative interest...

Large-cap stocks are usually thought of as the best dividend destinations, but dividend investors should not sleep on mid-caps. In fact, there is ample room for dividend growth among U.S. mid-caps. At the end of last year, just over 70 percent of the S&P mid-cap 400 paid dividends. Rather than...

The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLF) is down 5.6 percent year to date, which is one of the worst performances among the sector SPDR exchange-traded funds and one that serves as a reminder of the weakness in U.S. bank stocks. European financial services names have not been anything to...

On a year-to-date basis, Chinese stocks and the relevant exchange traded funds have been dogs. Those trials and tribulations could be set to intensify as foreign currency reserves in the world's second-largest economy continue dwindling, albeit at a slower pace. "The People's Bank...

When it comes to developed markets with impressive buyback and dividend resumes, the United States is a leader, but other markets, such as Australia and the UK, have solid track records of initiating and growing shareholder rewards. Japan is a different case. While the ability of Japanese companies...

Emerging markets currencies and equities are struggling once again this year, but the WisdomTree Indian Rupee Strategy Fund (NYSE: ICN) continues to be relatively sturdy compared to broader baskets of developing world currencies. ICN “seeks to achieve total returns reflective of both money...

One of the most frequently committed errors by investors, professional and retail alike, is attempting to time the market. Market timing is tempting, but so are gummy bears and cigarettes, but that does not make either of those items good for one's health. The WisdomTree Dynamic Long/Short U.S...

Last week, Japan joined the ranks of countries with negative interest rates, pounding the yen and providing a boost to currency hedged Japan exchange-traded funds in the process. Investors looking for alternatives to U.S. small-caps while continuing to stick with developed markets should look to a...

An oft-cited reason for the ongoing bear market for emerging markets stocks and exchange-traded funds is the stronger U.S. dollar. The strengthening greenback has been particularly problematic for those developing economies that previously issued large amounts of dollar-denominated debt and major...

WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF), the fifth-largest U.S. issuer of exchange-traded funds and the largest issuer of currency-hedged ETFs, expanded its lineup of those products on Thursday. The issuer introduced four new ETFs that have the ability to use complete or partial currency...

Following another year of dreadful performances by emerging markets equities and the related exchange-traded funds, now is as good of a time as any for investors to rethink how they approach developing world stocks. Part of the recalibrating process with emerging markets ETFs includes identifying...

The Market Vectors Russia ETF Trust (NYSE: RSX), the largest exchange-traded fund tracking Russian stocks, is the only one of the four major ETFs tracking the BRIC economies currently sporting a year-to-date gain. However, that obfuscates a six-month slide of 18.7 percent. Of the big single-country...