Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: There has been phenomenal growth in China’s economy and marketplace. But there are some dissenting voices that mark China’s economy and country-specific ETFs as artificially high. According to Carlton Delfeld for MoneyShow, China’s market is overvalued and vulnerable. Delfeld points to China’s high price-to-earnings ratio of around 50x as a [...]

Joe Eqcome submits: CEF Weekly Review: The 13 closed end fund (CEF) types on average posted a 1.0% decrease for the week ending 1/29/10. On an aggregate, unweighted basis, the weekly average price change for the 515 CEFs was down 0.8%. The weighted 49 CEFs comprising the Claymore CEF Index registered a decrease of 2.8% [...]

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: ETF provider WisdomTree announced on Friday that it plans to close 10 of its ETFs. The designated funds represent approximately 3% of WisdomTree’s total ETF assets. “We proposed the closure of 10 ETFs in order to create capacity for future growth initiatives, and because we believe it is in the [...]

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: As the markets waver and look for direction, you may be on the hunt for assets that are higher quality. Dividend-focused ETFs may be just the ticket. As the threat of more dividend cuts are likely behind us and the global economy regains its health, dividend-focused investors are coming back [...]

Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: It was not the kind of start to the new year for which investors were hoping. In January, a winter chill settled over the markets and ETFs. The major indexes and many asset classes ended the month lower. Despite the Federal Reserve’s confidence in the recovery, promises to keep interest [...]