Congratulations, You Are Now “Head of Trading”
The asset management industry has been evolving over the past decade, with investors flocking to transparent, liquid, low-cost ways of investing. Historically, large percentages of investors held more...
View ArticleUnderstanding DXJ from a Capital Markets Perspective
Over the past six months, the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ) has gone from a strategy that was receiving very little attention, to the fastest growing exchange-traded-fund (ETF), in terms of...
View ArticleETFs: Underlying Liquidity vs. Secondary Market Liquidity Explained
The content of this post is relevant to institutional investors interested in trading ETFs in significant size. Individual investors do not always have access to liquidity providers to trade ETFs as...
View ArticleThe Different Types of Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Traders
The content of this post is relevant for investors who have access to ETF traders. Individual investors do not always have access to trade ETFs as referenced below. It is important for investors who...
View ArticleTransparency and Access (to Valuable Information)
The biggest winner coming out of the financial crisis was “transparency“. After all the scandals and devastating losses that occurred during that time, investors became disenchanted with the lack of...
View ArticleEuropean Small Caps from a Capital Markets Perspective
Sitting at the capital markets desk at WisdomTree gives our team a unique perspective on the exchange-traded funds (ETF) industry. Oftentimes we are able to spot emerging trends among particular...
View ArticleDeep Capacity Can Be a Benefit to Index-Based Investing: The Case of European...
Until fairly recently, investors relied principally on actively managed mutual funds to gain exposure to the markets—especially for small-cap options around the world, where many believe that...
View ArticleTrading More Than the Average Daily Volume
This post is relevant to institutional investors interested in trading exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in significant volume. Individual investors do not always have access to liquidity providers to trade...
View ArticleThe ETF Trader Interview Series: Chris Hempstead
In 1988, the book Market Wizards by Jack Schwager was published. It introduced investors to a group of traders, many of whom would become household names in the financial markets and still are to this...
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