This small-cap EM-themed ETF offers investors a dividend yield of almost 4%.
The efficiency ratio at 0.68% is on the higher side by general ETF standards but is in line with other EM-themed ETFs.
Holdings are well-diversified across stocks and sectors; dominant regions include Taiwan, Korea, and China all of whom have favorable economic prospects.
The iShares MSCI Singapore Capped ETF (EWS) offers a high dividend yield and the opportunity to benefit from Singapore’s stable economic outlook and the strong likelihood of currency strength.
The FlexShares Credit‐Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund (NasdaqGM: SKOR) is an investment-grade corporate bond exchange traded fund worth considering in 2021 as the potential for narrower yield spread lingers
That said, it’s a good time to seek yield in other parts of the world, such as emerging markets (EM), via the Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF (PCY A)
China’s consumer discretionary sector has seen extreme gains over the past few months as investors pile into the only major area of global economic growth.
China’s consumption has grown at a fast pace over the past decade, but growth has decreased substantially over the past few years as its housing market becomes unstable.
Recent surprise defaults of AAA-rated state-owned-enterprises have sparked fears of hidden widespread risks in China’s major corporations.
Despite risks, valuations of China’s major consumer discretionary companies have nearly doubled this year.
The China consumer discretionary ETF CHIQ’s performance may reverse soon as the PBOC looks to stop the Yuan’s rise and the U.S. flirts with delisting Chinese firms.
You can bet that Europe is keeping an eye on what the markets are doing in the U.S. The hope is that a vaccine rally can continue to power equities through the rest of 2020. With optimism and a renewed risk-on sentiment running rampant in the global capital markets, including Europe, it’s still wise to keep those currencies hedged in these volatile times
A dividend ETF is a fruitful alternative to keeping money in the bank or having to screen individual stocks.
In this case, the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF is a low-cost dividend investment tool but delivers great performance when compared with peers.
VHT is a low cost ETF that provides exposure to healthcare sector, primarily pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and insurance.
VHT’s exposure to well-established companies with stable market products makes it defensive in this economic environment.
VHT is also poised for growth as the economy recovers and healthcare spending continues to skyrocket.
By State Street Global Advisors During a period of heightened volatility, SPDR ETFs served as an effective price discovery tool that enabled investors to assess the valuation and liquidity of the overall market.
The Global X Emerging Markets Internet & E-commerce ETF seeks to offer targeted exposure to some of the most tech savvy companies in the world’s fastest-growing markets
A Look At The International Dividend Portfolio IDV holds companies from all over the world with banking centers like the United Kingdom and Hong Kong holding high weighting.
The ETF’s sector and country breakdown are shown below: ( iShares – IDV ) Financials hold the highest weighting, particularly because most bank stocks are very cheap today
Source: Vanguard Huge pool of securities, well-diversified, reasonably valued, and not top-heavy When you pursue a high-beta space such as small caps, it’s preferable to spread your exposure over a wider horizon, and this ETF facilitates that, giving you access to 2058 stocks, with not a single stock accounting for more than 0.6% of the total holdings.
The benefit of investing in something like a VTWO is that style-wise, it is a blended ETF, where you get exposure to both growth and value stocks, and you’re not faced with the dilemma of attempting to get the timing right with picking one style over the other.
Closing out the week, on Friday, Changebridge Capital, a Boston-based asset manager specializing in active management powered by quantitative and fundamental analysis, announced the launch of its first two ETFs, CBLS and CBSE , which seek to harness quantitative and fundamental analysis for selecting inefficiently priced securities.
The Changebridge Capital Long/Short Equity ETF ( CBLS ) features a concentrated portfolio of long and short positions, aiming for each position in the portfolio generating risk-adjusted alpha.
And with the much lower long-term risk on high yield bonds, investors can thus achieve equity-like returns for less-than-equity like risk by investing in the space.
Unfortunately, an investor must either accept more risk in their bonds (and by extension their entire portfolio) or see their real returns plummet.
