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.
Hot Zone (excerpt) Global investors are taking a European excursion. This year, European stocks are flying high. The EMU MSCI (in euros) is up 19.0% ytd, well ahead of the 1.5% gain in the US MSCI. Of course, this divergence has been fueled by the 12.6% ytd plunge in the euro. The currency is down 24% from last yearâs high of $1.39 to $1.06. In US dollars, the EMU MSCI is up only 4.1% ytd, and is actually down 6.8% y/y. As a result, there has been a rush to Eurozone ETFs that are hedged to the euro.