Global X

In early May, Global X rolled out the Global X Food ETF (NYSE: EATX), one of the more unique approaches to the stodgy food sector, and while this ETF has not gone ignored, this volatile market environment means it's the ideal time to take a more direct look at ETFs that can be considered “defensive...

For so long, many ETF pundits lamented that there were no ETFs devoted to the auto industry available to U.S. investors. That changed earlier this with the debut of the First Trust Nasdaq Global Auto Index Fund (Nasdaq: CARZ). Global X quickly followed suit with the Global X Auto ETF (NYSE: VROM...

The pace of new ETF introductions has slowed over the past couple of months, but the year-to-date total of roughly 200 is still pretty impressive. Within that group have been a fair amount of new funds devoted to the timeless theme of dividends. With the yield on the 30-year Treasury laboring...

Back in March, we went deep into the ETF universe looking for low volume funds that might be worth having a look at for investors of all stripes. That list turned up a commodities ETN, two emerging markets plays, a small-cap play on Australia and a global way to play defense with consumer staples...

An adoring fan wrote in recently and said the Professor needs to highlight more mid-cap ETFs and in an ongoing effort to be more fan friendly, the Professor has obliged. What better place to start than with a fund that tracks a once hot, but now cool emerging market? That fund is the often...

Alright, let's clear that up. There is no Pakistan-specific ETF currently available to U.S. investors, but if there was one, it would be reasonable to assume it would have declined in the days following the death of notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden at the hands of U.S. Navy Seals. Fragile to...

The newly minted Global X FTSE Argentina 20 ETF (NYSE: ARGT) was one of the more widely anticipated new ETFs of 2011 as it gave investors another South American destination to evaluate and risk-takers got one more true frontier market ETF to take a look at, but ARGT has been pretty docile in just...

Alright, so in Brazil we've got an emerging markets titan, the largest economy in Latin America, a place where deal-making and share offerings are on the rise and a growing middle class that is availing themselves of basic financial services products in growing numbers. All of that should be good...

First Trust, the Illinois-based ETF issuer with 57 funds and $8 billion in assets under management as of the end of April, will roll out the First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund on Tuesday May 10. The ETF will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker “CARZ.” CARZ will track the NASDAQ OMX Global...

Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) is the latest online broker to throw its hat into the commission-free ETF ring, announcing that it will offer Global X ETFs to its clients sans trading costs. Connecticut-based Interactive Brokers will offer the Global X ETFs free of charge on its Trader...

Global X, the New York-based ETF issuer with over $1.8 billion in assets under management, is providing investors with a way to truly celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the introduction of its thirtieth ETF, the Global X Mexico Small-Cap ETF (NYSE: MEXS). MEXS is the first small-cap play on Mexico,...

Global X has done it again. The New York-based ETF issuer with 28 funds currently trading and over $1.8 billion in assets under management is giving investors exposure to another obscure niche in the form of a new ETF. This time it's the Global X Fishing Industry ETF (NYSE: FISN). FISN will hold...

Global X, the New York-based ETF issuer that has 23 ETFs currently trading, announced today that as of March 1, its assets under management exceeded $1.5 billion. The firm said that since the end of 2009, its AUM total has surged by a whopping 1,500%. Global X's largest ETF's include the Silver...