Will WisdomTree Survive?

by Matt Hougan

One question I get asked a lot is if I think there is a bubble in the ETF market. A large number of new ETF companies launched last year, and there is a feeling that some of them won't make it. People are waiting … some of them eagerly … for the first one to go bust.

ETFR Features

The Best Small-Cap International ETF

by Matt Hougan

Investors are increasingly frustrated with the growing correlation between large-cap U.S. and large-cap international stocks, and they're turning to small-cap international for help. The theory is that small-cap companies will be more closely tied to local economic conditions, and as a result, will offer more of a diversification benefit than large-caps. A recent study by Steven Schoenfeld and Stefanie Jaron in the Journal of Indexes ("International Equities," Jan/Feb 2008) supported this idea with hard data.

Cap Gains Hit ETFs For 2007

by Murray Coleman

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are marketed at least in part for their tax efficiency. ETFs are more tax-efficient than traditional mutual funds, we're told, because of the way new ETF shares are created and redeemed.

Updates

ProShares Looks To 130/30

Chinese Real Estate Anyone?

iShares Boosts International Roster

PowerShares Offers New Foreign ETFs

Taiwan Plans For ETF Wave

Second Emerging Market Debt ETF Debuts

Second Active Stock ETF Filed

Muni Fever Continues At Van Eck

SSgA Launches Junk Bond ETF

Vanguard Goes Mega Cap

Vanguard's EDV Not For Average Investor