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PayPal, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) stock tumbled more than 4.5 percent Thursday  after the company reported a decline in quarterly profit. PayPal earned 69 cents per share in the fourth quarter, slightly ahead of analyst estimates of 67 cents. Net income for the quarter was $584 million, down from $...

Investors looking to nibble at ex-U.S. equities without the commitment of an international exchange traded fund can consider global funds, which typically feature large exposure to domestic stocks. The Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSE: VT) is a broad, cost-efficient option for investors looking...

Private equity is often thought of as territory reserved for endowments, pension plans and other institutional and high net worth investors. Some exchange traded funds make the private equity universe more accessible to ordinary investors. That group includes the Invesco Global Listed Private...

Times are tough for global equity markets, and international markets have been among the worst offenders for much of 2018. Investors considering ex-U.S. markets in 2019 may want to look at highly diversified, cost-effective exchange traded funds, such as the Vanguard Total International...

Among the most popular destinations this year in the world of fixed income exchange traded funds are those funds with low and ultra-low durations. The SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE: SPSB) is one of those funds. SPSB follows the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond...

Developed markets stocks, including those in the United States, are struggling this year, but the situation is worse for ex-U.S. fare. The MSCI EAFE Index, one of the most widely followed gauges of ex-U.S. developed markets equities, is lower by nearly 13 percent year-to-date. If there's good...

Weighting stocks equally is one of the oldest alternatives to weighting by market capitalization in the world of index funds and exchange traded funds. The methodology has proven popular with advisors and investors looking to avoid concentration risk and tap the advantages of the size factor. The...

Many index funds and exchange traded funds claim to offer investors adequate portfolio diversification. In some cases, the diversification offered by those products can be called into question. The Nationwide Maximum Diversification U.S. Core Equity ETF (NYSE:MXDU), which launched in September 2017...

International travel can be expensive, but thanks to exchange traded funds, investing in ex-U.S. markets can be downright cheap. In recent years, data confirm advisors and investors are apt to embrace the least expensive ETFs, namely those with annual fees of 0.20 percent or less. Plenty of...

McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD) reported its third-quarter results, which sent shares higher by more than 5 percent. What To Know From Q3 McDonald's said it earned $2.10 per share in the third quarter on revenue of $5.369 billion versus expectations of $2.00 per share and $5.35 billion....

Exchange traded funds flows data continue confirming investors are fond of low-fee products. Over the past several years, the bulk of ETF flows have been directed to products with annual fees of 0.20 percent, or $20 on a $10,000 investment, or less. In most cases, dividend ETFs carry larger annual...

Index funds and exchange traded funds that weight stocks by market value are the dominant funds in their respective universes, but with that dominance comes some criticism. The most frequent criticism of cap-weighted ETFs, such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) and the Vanguard Total Market...

Using the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLY), the largest exchange traded fund tracking that sector, as the measuring stick, it's accurate to say consumer cyclical stocks are delivering for investors this year. XLY is up nearly 19 percent year-to-date and resides near all-...

One of this year's most obvious equity market themes is the sad state of ex-U.S. developed markets stocks compared to domestic equivalents. The widely followed MSCI EAFE Index finished the third quarter with a year-to-date loss of 3.3 percent, but the S&P 500 is up about 9 percent this...

Impact Shares, the upstart, nonprofit exchange-traded funds issuer supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, on Monday launched its third ETF. The Sustainable Development Goals Global Equity ETF (NYSE: SDGA), launched in collaboration with the United Nations, is the newest ETF from Dallas-based...