The highest paid EKG technician in the United States receives an annual salary of about $74,760 whereas the lowest paid EKG technician earns around $32,800 per year. The annual median salary for an EKG technician is about $47,010.
Meanwhile, during the current crisis, losses in currency-hedged funds like DBEM have been buffered as the dollar rallied. With over $85 billion in assets under management between EEM and VWO, I'm still surprised that the currency-hedged version of these funds, DBEM, only has $4.5 million in assets.
A U.S. dollar rally and China slowdown are hitting emerging markets, particularly commodity exporters, very hard. New ETFs offer currency hedged exposure to emerging market equities. However, emerging market assets prices tend to be more highly correlated with currency moves, making hedging less attractive.