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Emerging markets stocks and exchange traded funds are outperforming U.S. equivalents this year and India is a key contributor to that out-performance. For instance, the WisdomTree India Earnings ETF (NYSE: EPI) is up 27 percent year to date, an advantage of almost 350 basis points over the MSCI...

With the growth and momentum factors soaring this year, it is not surprising that some dividend-oriented strategies are lagging or barely keeping pace with the S&P 500. That does not mean investors should throw in the towel on dividend stocks and chase sexier fare, such as the FANG quartet. One...

Exchange-traded funds dedicated to European equities have among the leaders of the ex-U.S. developed markets renaissance this year. While many of these ETFs, by intent or incident, are heavily exposed to European exporters, investors should note Europe's domestic economies are rebounding,...

WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF), one of the pioneers of smart beta exchange-traded funds, added to its already robust suite of fundamentally-weighted ETFs Thursday with the debut of the WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor Fund (BATS: USMF). The new ETF tracks the WisdomTree U.S. Multifactor...

Over the past several years, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has received plenty of credit when Japanese equities rise and the yen falters. Likewise, when the yen rises, weighing on Japanese stocks, some market observers are quick to chide Abe. This year, the yen has traded higher against the...

With few exceptions, the commodities complex is being taken to task this year. Even diversified commodities exchange-traded products are not offering much shelter from the storm in the face of slumping oil prices. For example, the WisdomTree Continuous Commodity ETF (NYSE: GCC) is down 4.3 percent...

Nearly halfway through 2017, it is abundantly clear that U.S. small caps are one of this year's most disappointing asset classes. The Russell 2000 Index and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index have an average year-to-date gain of just over 2 percent, meaning they are, on average, being outpaced by...

It often pays to be choosy, and that is particularly true with exchange-traded funds. That advice should also remind investors that simply because a group of ETFs focus on the same country doesn't mean these funds are carbon copies of each other. Examining differences among various ETFs is a...

The outcome was already baked into French assets and the euro, but allegedly liberal France did an allegedly liberal thing by electing male socialist Emmanuel Macron over a female candidate as the next president of the eurozone's second-largest economy. Macron's Victory Over Le Pen The euro...

As has been widely documented, India is one of the best-performing emerging markets this year. U.S.-listed India exchange-traded funds reflect as much. For example, the WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (NYSE: EPI), one of the largest India ETFs trading in New York, is up almost 21 percent year-to-...

As is historically the case with U.S. stocks, dividends figure prominently in long-term total returns for European equities. Among developed markets, the U.K. and Switzerland are two of the most reliable ex-U.S. dividend growth markets and as the eurozone economies continue notching incremental...

U.S. small-cap stocks are among this year's most notable laggards. Something else that has been widely documented is the outperformance offered by ex-U.S. small-caps, a scenario pertaining to both developed and emerging markets smaller stocks. Speaking of outperformance courtesy of emerging...

High-yield corporate bonds are often of as vulnerable to rising interest rates, but some exchange-traded funds can help investors maintain junk bond exposure in the face of higher U.S. borrowing costs. The WisdomTree Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond Fund (NYSE: HYZD) can help investors mitigate...

Some fixed income investors are fretting about the idea of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve, perhaps as soon as later this month. However, there are some exchange-traded funds that offer investors exposure to corners of the bond world that can be durable in the face of rising rates. Additionally...

The proliferation of and assets flowing to smart beta exchange-traded funds are themes ETF industry observers widely expect to continue and data support those notions. At the end of January, there were 600 smart beta ETFs with a combined assets under management tally of nearly $480 billion....