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There are scores of seasonal trade ideas, and investors do not have to limit the search for valid seasonal themes to U.S. assets. Seasonality applies to emerging markets assets as well, including bonds. In fact, the seasonally strong period for emerging markets bonds has arrived, which could point...

Japan is often a predictable destination for investors looking to diversify beyond the confines of U.S. borders. Even with the yen's gyrations and bouts of being favored as a safe-haven play, Japan has been one of the few markets to keep pace with the S&P 500 over the past several years....

Mid-cap equities have been scorching hot, dating back to last year. The widely followed S&P MidCap 400 Index jumped 20.5 percent in 2016 and is higher by nearly 3 percent to start this year. Mid-caps are often prized by investors for impressive growth prospects, but the search for growth does...

Underscoring the ongoing boom for smart or strategic beta exchange-traded funds, these ETFs had $497 billion in combined assets under management on a global basis at the end of November, according to ETFGI data. Nearly $445 billion of that total was found in the United States. “Year to date...

The U.S. dollar is one of several assets benefiting in significant fashion from the surprise election of Donald Trump as the 45th U.S. president. The Federal Reserve helped the dollar's cause with a December interest rate hike and with expectations abound that more interest rate increases are...

Nearly 250 new exchange-traded products debuted last year, highlighting issuers' affinity for testing the waters with new concepts in an effort to gain investors' assets. As is the case with each year's crop of new ETFs, few of 2016's rookie ETFs were immediately successful. Success...

The global exchange-traded fund industry is dominated by the United States, both in terms of number of issuers and combined assets under management, but Canada is home to a vibrant ETF market as well. At the end of the third quarter, there were about 450 ETFs trading in Toronto with over $81...

Bond markets are pricing in an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve in December. Even the Fed moves forward with its first bump in borrowing costs this year, U.S. interest rates will still below by historical standards, but that is not stopping markets from punishing some fixed assets. Nor is...

Emerging markets stocks, particularly with this asset class on the mend in 2016, remain fertile ground for dividend investors. The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Fund (BATS: DVEM) is one of the newest options for accessing developing world dividend players. The WisdomTree Emerging Markets...

Some asset classes, the ones believed to be vulnerable to periodic spells of inefficiency, including small-cap stocks and junk bonds, are believed to be fertile ground for active managers. Count emerging markets equities among that group. But as is the case with scores of other asset classes active...

With market volatility here on the back of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential election victory, the world of exchange-traded funds is here to oblige investor concerns. That includes long/short funds such as the WisdomTree Dynamic Long/Short U.S. Equity Fund (NYSE: DYLS). The WisdomTree Dynamic Long/...

UBS thinks WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF) has nothing to offer except ETFs, although it is not a proxy to the wider ETF market. Therefore, the firm initiated the stock at a Sell and attached a price objective of $7.00, implying downside risks of more than 15 percent from the current...

Even with all the talk about rising interest rates in the United States, exchange-traded funds focusing on dividends are enjoying a banner 2016 when it comes to adding new assets — that, after dividend strategies struggled in 2015. Dividend investing is usually most effective with long-term...

Earnings reports are the most important pieces of information divulged by public companies. Knowing that, a case can be made that weighting an index by earnings could prove to be an efficacious strategy over the long term. Trend Of Success Necessary Among mid-cap stocks, the WisdomTree MidCap...

Over the long term, dividend growth and reinvestment of those growing dividends are potent boosters of a portfolio's total returns. Dividend growth can often be found via the quality factor, and there is no shortage of exchange-traded funds offering investors exposure to both themes. Among the...