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iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index ETF (AAXJ)

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  • Ed Merner on Japan and Korea on Hedge Fund Radio by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
    My guest on Hedge Fund Radio this week is Ed Merner, CEO of the Atlantis Japan Growth Fund (LSE-AJG), who has long been rated the number one stock picker in the Land of the Rising Sun. Ed’s fund, which trades on the London Stock Exchange, is up a decent 54% from the March bottom. When the... More »
    December 8, 2009 • JOF, AAXJ, EWJ
  • The Bond Market Vigilantes Gather for a Lynching in Japan by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
    The bond market vigilantes are gathering up for a lynching in Japan. Five year credit default swaps have jumped from 38 to 78 basis points since September, a move similar to the one that took AIG down last year, as institutions scramble to buy insurance before the house burns down. The rating... More »
    November 20, 2009 • JEQ, AAXJ, DNL
  • Japan Has the World's Worst Population Pyramid by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
    Now look at the world’s worst population pyramid, that for Japan. These graphs show that a nearly perfect pyramid drove a miracle stock market during the fifties and sixties which I remember well, when Japan had your model high growth emerging market economy. That changed dramatically when... More »
    November 8, 2009 • AAXJ, DND, JEQ
  • ETFDesk Daily 11/5/2009 by ETFdesk.com
    Sign up for Daily email and feed at www.etfdesk.com ISM Services Index in U.S. Unexpectedly DecreasedSahara Sun 'to help power Europe'WSJ: Fears of a New Bubble as Cash Pours InPoll: Stimulus Impact On China’s Growth Is FadingJim Rogers v. Nouriel RoubiniWorld Need for Oil Expected to... More »
    November 5, 2009 • ROB, IYC, TAN
  • The Next Bull Market: What will revive the U.S. economy? by Forex Traders
    With speculation rife that the American economy has a bright future before it, the main question that awaits its answer is about the source of the oncoming recovery. When the last major recession of the 1990s ended, the following boom was fuelled by immense productivity growth enabled by... More »
    October 12, 2009 • QQQQ, AAXJ
  • Global growth is likely to surprise on the upside by Forex Traders
    As world markets continue to rally in the face of tax cuts, stimulus packages, monetary easing, various new social programs aimed at protecting the middle class from the impact of the economic downturn, there are indications that the recent revival in economic activity is going to bring about... More »
    September 23, 2009 • QQQQ, JEQ, AAXJ
  • Stay Away From Japan by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
    It’s sad to see a once great country fall on hard times. It’s like watching a formerly leading hedge fund manager apply for food stamps. I’m talking about Japan, which in 1989 boasted the world’s most valuable stocks, largest banks, and strongest currency. Oh, how the... More »
    June 30, 2009 • JEQ, JOF, AAXJ
  • The Sushi Market Crashes by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
    The sushi market has crashed. Premium blue fin tuna for sale at Tokyo’s Tsukuji fish market, where I once lived next door, have seen prices drop 30% in the past year. The monster 500 pound frozen fish, which in better times fetched as much as $60,000 each in open outcry auctions, have gone... More »
    June 9, 2009 • JEQ, AAXJ, DND
  • A Broad Asia Play by Alan Young
    AAXJ is the iShares All Country Asia ex-Japan fund. It includes the largest companies in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan (total 56%), Korea (18%), India, Singapore, and a smattering of smaller markets. Since the fund is less than a year old, I went to the MSCI site to get a picture of how the... More »
    June 6, 2009 • AAXJ
  • How the Japanese See Our Depression. by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
    Every night the evening news in Japan refers to the “Great American Depression”. Do they know something we don’t? I hear largely inaccurate comparisons to our current economic debacle to Japan’s lost decade on an almost daily basis. But there is one thing both have in... More »
    June 3, 2009 • JEQ, AAXJ, DNL

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