WisdomTree International Health Care Fund ETF (DBR)

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    frank90291
    Aug 12 09:09 PM
    Just What the Doctor Ordered: Healthcare and Biotech ETF Review [view article]
    I've been in FSMEX (Fidelity select medical equipment) for a long time and it's very stable........... ck the quarterly reports and risk assessment at Yahoo financial....... very low standard deviation and very good Sharpe ratio Reply
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    Jake2
    Aug 12 12:18 PM
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    Just What the Doctor Ordered: Healthcare and Biotech ETF Review [view article]
    Nothing new here. Reply
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    longtermstoc
    ks
    Aug 11 06:41 PM
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    Just What the Doctor Ordered: Healthcare and Biotech ETF Review [view article]
    Good article thanks Reply
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    SeekingAlpha
    Editors
    Apr 06 05:20 AM
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    General Discussion on DBR
    Is this a buy or a sell? Reply
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    davboz
    Mar 20 08:00 PM
    Best ETF and CEF Absolute Lagged Correlation To the S&P 500 [view article]
    I'm stupid. I need words! Do you mean that 25% of the time, the S&P500 correlates exactly to what the RXI did 21 days earlier? Do you mean that 21 days behind the RXI, the S&P500 acts the same with a 25% variance? I doubt that this is what you mean but what can it be? 25% is the BEST? Why bother. And what about the neg.%'s? Is it helpful to know that something is 'off' or at variance at a 14% rate? That still leaves 86% that isn't neccesarily exactly correlating.....
    I WANT to see a pattern like whatever it is I get a hint of what I THINK you could possibly mean..........but ....just what IS that?!?
    Expand. Please. I'm beggin' ya!
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    Michael
    Bommarito
    Aug 22 08:45 AM
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    Best ETF and CEF Absolute Lagged Correlation To the S&P 500 [view article]
    Hello Harvey,
    Lagged correlation here is the correlation between two time series with one shifted so that its dates are lagged by a certain number of periods. For instance, the 1-day lag correlation would be the correlation between DND on day N and the S&P on day N+1.     Reply
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    Javaharv
    Aug 22 06:27 AM
    Best ETF and CEF Absolute Lagged Correlation To the S&P 500 [view article]
    Mike, I am really sorry, but could you give a brief explanation of "lagged correlation", I am not quite certain what you are demonstrating although I think it could be an interesting observation. Reply
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    Ralph F
    Jun 15 06:41 AM
    Healthcare, Pharma and Biotech ETFs [view article]
    The Matt Hougan article on theme ETF expenses is helpful -- thanks for the pointer. He's right -- makes you want to buy the stocks of the ETF firms more than the ETFs themselves. Reply
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    David
    Jackson
    Apr 16 08:15 AM
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    Healthcare, Pharma and Biotech ETFs [view article]
    Have we missed out any ETFs here? Or any Seeking Alpha articles that are important to understanding them? If so, please leave a comment and let us know! Reply
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    Luciano
    Siracusano
    Dec 15 05:48 PM
    Interview: Luciano Siracusano, Director of Research for ETF Firm WisdomTree Asset Management [view article]
    Niki -- I started working on an answer for you but the clock ran out on me.

    To the Seeking Alpha Community:

    I made a few additional posts below, that I actually posted earlier in the day. Thanks to all of your for questions. Sorry I could not get to answer all of them. They were great. I hope to interact with you again in the future.

    Best,
    Luciano     Reply
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    Luciano
    Siracusano
    Dec 15 05:02 PM
    Interview: Luciano Siracusano, Director of Research for ETF Firm WisdomTree Asset Management [view article]
    Richard, this link takes you to a summary of the selection requirements for WisdomTree’s dividend indexes. I believe you can find the answer to your questions here, as some of these thresholds vary depending on whether it is a domestic index or one covering non-U.S. securities in other developed equity markets.

    www.wisdomtreeindexes....     Reply
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    Luciano
    Siracusano
    Dec 15 04:59 PM
    Interview: Luciano Siracusano, Director of Research for ETF Firm WisdomTree Asset Management [view article]
    Richard,
    The WisdomTree Indexes were created by WisdomTree Investments after years of extensive research. As Director of Research, I work with a team of professionals to oversee the operation of the indexes. WisdomTree Asset Management, a registered investment adviser, oversees the operations of each ETF, including the portfolio management and the operation of the other service providers to the Funds. BNY Investment Advisors serves as the sub-advisor with respect to the day-to-day portfolio management and operations of each WisdomTree ETF. As sub-adviser, BNYIA is responsible for executing portfolio transactions. The WisdomTree indexes are calculated, maintained and disseminated by an independent index calculation agent. WisdomTree has been fortunate to attract seasoned management from within the ETF industry to help manage its ETF business. More information on WisdomTree’s role as investment adviser and BNY Investment Advisors role as sub-adviser can be found in the WisdomTree ETFs’ Statement of Additional Information or “SAI”. The SAI can be found on wisdomtree.com in the “Library” section.     Reply
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    Luciano
    Siracusano
    Dec 15 04:13 PM
    Interview: Luciano Siracusano, Director of Research for ETF Firm WisdomTree Asset Management [view article]
    Richard,

    Since we have so many different indexes, measuring different regions and market capitalizations, I really am not able to generalize on how the returns of the WisdomTree indexes compare to specific indexes. So the best thing I can do is point you to information about the performance of our indexes available at wisdomtreeindexes.com. The FTSE/RAFI indexes you mentioned select, rank and weight stocks by a variety of fundamental metrics. Philosophically, we support that approach. However, we believe our approach is more transparent (our complete methodology is fully disclosed at wisdomtreeindexes.com) and easier to understand (since we focus on a single factor: dividends). We believe you are absolutely right in focusing on relatively low fees as one of the reasons for the success of traditional ETFs. This is an important area often overlooked by some investors. Expense ratios for WisdomTree ETFs are disclosed at wisdomtree.com. We invite you to draw your own conclusions as to whether the WisdomTree ETFs offer a meaningful advantage in terms of fees. If you wish to calculate “spreads,” you will need to do the math, depending on which cap-weighted ETF you choose to compare to.     Reply
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    Luciano
    Siracusano
    Dec 15 04:03 PM
    Interview: Luciano Siracusano, Director of Research for ETF Firm WisdomTree Asset Management [view article]
    Neil, thanks for the question and the support. I can’t comment on WisdomTree’s stock or the operations of our company. However, I am, like you, bullish on the future of the ETF industry. Do you know anyone who is bearish on the future of the ETF industry? Reply
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    Luciano
    Siracusano
    Dec 15 03:13 PM
    Interview: Luciano Siracusano, Director of Research for ETF Firm WisdomTree Asset Management [view article]
    Thanks for the question. I understand that there are active traders who use ETFs to implement a variety of trading strategies, just as there are many financial professionals who use ETFs to help implement long-term investing plans. That is a credit to the ETF structure that it can serve so many, sometimes contradictory, needs. Many people view ETFs as tools or building blocks that can help add flexibility and diversity to a well-balanced portfolio in order to help achieve short-term and long-term strategies. I think there is merit to this approach. However, as someone who understands how well passive index investing has served investors over long holdings periods, I will refrain from saying anything that encourages active trading. Reply
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