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When Bad News Is Good News For Australian Stocks
AlphaVN Research • Thu, May 16
Charting Down Under: The Australia All Ordinaries Index
Doug Short • Mon, May 13 • 3 Comments
Use Dip In The AUD To Buy iShares Australia ETF
Sean Bellamy McNulty • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
Protecting ETF Portfolios From The Currency Wars
Gary Gordon • Wed, May 8 • 1 Comment
Australia Lowers Rates
Hale Stewart • Wed, May 8
Why Australian Equity Market Is Prone To Violent Corrections
David Hunkar • Mon, May 6 • 1 Comment
2013 Market Recap And Trends: Top-Performing Countries
Martin Vlcek • Thu, May 2 • 8 Comments
Wall Of Worries Wednesday: Will The Fed And ECB Push Us Over?
Philip Davis • Wed, May 1 • 3 Comments
Sell In May?
Cam Hui • Mon, Apr 29 • 57 Comments
CASSHing Out
Russ Koesterich • Wed, Apr 24 • 3 Comments
Falling Commodity Prices May Trigger Crisis In Australia
Larry Trefz • Mon, Apr 22 • 9 Comments
The Money Masters: Argentina Vs. Australia
Carl T. Delfeld • Sun, Apr 21 • 6 Comments
China: Underwhelming Data Leads To Outperformance?
Emerging Money • Tue, Apr 16 • 1 Comment
Market Analysis/Update: Australia
Hale Stewart • Tue, Apr 16
Gold's Slide Is Hurting These Country ETFs
Benzinga • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
Commodity Currencies: The Deflation Factor
Emerging Money • Mon, Apr 15
Where To Put The Trendline?
Scott Sumner • Wed, Apr 10 • 3 Comments
Looking For Foreign Dividends? Consider This Australian ETF Yielding 6.02%
Carole Cable • Tue, Apr 9 • 14 Comments
Downgrading Down Under
Russ Koesterich • Fri, Apr 5 • 9 Comments
Australia - Are We At A Short-Term Peak?
Hale Stewart • Tue, Apr 2 • 1 Comment

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When Bad News Is Good News For Australian Stocks
AlphaVN Research • Thu, May 16
Use Dip In The AUD To Buy iShares Australia ETF
Sean Bellamy McNulty • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
ETF Chart Of The Day: iShares MSCI Australia
Tom Lydon • Fri, Feb 22 • 3 Comments
All Is Not Well Down Under
Russ Koesterich • Fri, Feb 15 • 5 Comments
Motives To Sell Australia Short Pile Up
Paulo Santos • Thu, Aug 23, 2012 • 45 Comments
A Look Down Under
TradersHuddle • Fri, May 18, 2012 • 2 Comments
An Epic Australian Bust
Igor Novgorodtsev • Mon, Feb 27, 2012 • 147 Comments
Wednesday's ETF To Watch: MSCI Australia Index Fund
Jared Cummans • Wed, Feb 15, 2012 • 1 Comment
Assessing Bank Strength Down Under: Australia Better Positioned To Survive Next Global Crisis
Russ Koesterich • Wed, Nov 30, 2011 • 6 Comments
Rate Cut, Higher Consumer Sentiment Should Boost Australia ETF
Tom Lydon • Tue, Nov 15, 2011
iShares Australia ETF In Snapback Rally On Risk-On Trade
Tom Lydon • Mon, Oct 10, 2011
The Australian Permanent Portfolio
Roger Nusbaum • Thu, Sep 29, 2011 • 7 Comments
Australia ETF Offers Play on Commodities/Weak U.S. Dollar
Tom Lydon • Wed, Jul 27, 2011 • 1 Comment
Goodbye, Old Friend: Reasons for Exiting Australia Positions
Roger Nusbaum • Mon, May 23, 2011 • 29 Comments
Our July Market Review
Value Expectations • Thu, Aug 19, 2010
ETF From Down Under: Why Australia Has the OECD’s Stamp of Approval
Tom Lydon • Tue, Jun 1, 2010
Why Australia Needs the Perpetual Loan
Gary A • Sun, May 30, 2010 • 8 Comments
Fair Warning: Five Country ETFs Heavily Weighted Towards Financials
Eric Dutram • Tue, May 25, 2010 • 3 Comments
IndexIQ's New Small Cap Australia and Canada ETFs Highlight the Case for Investment
Michael Johnston • Tue, Mar 23, 2010 • 2 Comments
IndexIQ Launches First Ever Australia, Canada Small Cap ETFs for U.S. Investors
Ron Rowland • Tue, Mar 23, 2010

Charting Down Under: The Australia All Ordinaries Index
Doug Short • Mon, May 13 • 3 Comments
Protecting ETF Portfolios From The Currency Wars
Gary Gordon • Wed, May 8 • 1 Comment
Australia Lowers Rates
Hale Stewart • Wed, May 8
Why Australian Equity Market Is Prone To Violent Corrections
David Hunkar • Mon, May 6 • 1 Comment
2013 Market Recap And Trends: Top-Performing Countries
Martin Vlcek • Thu, May 2 • 8 Comments
Wall Of Worries Wednesday: Will The Fed And ECB Push Us Over?
Philip Davis • Wed, May 1 • 3 Comments
Sell In May?
Cam Hui • Mon, Apr 29 • 57 Comments
CASSHing Out
Russ Koesterich • Wed, Apr 24 • 3 Comments
Falling Commodity Prices May Trigger Crisis In Australia
Larry Trefz • Mon, Apr 22 • 9 Comments
The Money Masters: Argentina Vs. Australia
Carl T. Delfeld • Sun, Apr 21 • 6 Comments
China: Underwhelming Data Leads To Outperformance?
Emerging Money • Tue, Apr 16 • 1 Comment
Market Analysis/Update: Australia
Hale Stewart • Tue, Apr 16
Gold's Slide Is Hurting These Country ETFs
Benzinga • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
Commodity Currencies: The Deflation Factor
Emerging Money • Mon, Apr 15
Where To Put The Trendline?
Scott Sumner • Wed, Apr 10 • 3 Comments
Looking For Foreign Dividends? Consider This Australian ETF Yielding 6.02%
Carole Cable • Tue, Apr 9 • 14 Comments
Downgrading Down Under
Russ Koesterich • Fri, Apr 5 • 9 Comments
Australia - Are We At A Short-Term Peak?
Hale Stewart • Tue, Apr 2 • 1 Comment
Something's Not Right About This Rally
Cam Hui • Mon, Apr 1 • 29 Comments
World Ex-U.S. Mostly Oversold
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Mar 26

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The iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Australian market, as represented by the MSCI Australia Index.
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Monday, May 13, 4:41 PM Australia could see a recession in the next 18-24 months should a sharp fall in mining capex materialize, says Morgan Stanley. Other economists - including the RBA - hold out hope the retail sector and housing market will fill the void left by mining. The aussie (FXA) is off 7 big figures in a month as fx traders place their bets with the Morgan view. EWA is flat over the same period as the aussie's fall wipes out equity gains. Comment! [Global & FX]
Friday, May 10, 4:22 PM The week's ETF movers - Gainers: REMX +10.8%. URA +6.6%. TAN +6.4%. VNM +5.4%. XHB +3.4%.
ETF Losers: GAZ -4.5%. UNG -3.6%. FXA -3.0%. EWY -2.7%. EWA -2.7%. Comment! [On the Move]
Friday, May 10, 7:41 AM The Australian dollar (FXA) sinks below parity with the greenback for the first time since last June, a victim of a slowdown in the Aussie economy and weak commodity prices (the two are surely intertwined). Aussie stocks are rising along with the rest of the world, but the Australian Index Fund ETF (EWA) - unhedged against the currency - is lagging. 2 Comments [Global & FX, On the Move]
Thursday, May 9, 4:52 AM Headline numbers obscure rising unemployment in resource-rich Western Australia, where the mining industry (which accounts for 20% of the country's GDP) is suffering from weaker economic growth in China and a stubbornly high aussie (FXA). The jobless rate in Western Australia rises to 5.25% in April from 4.8% in March, hitting its highest level since 2010 and jumping more than a full percentage point YTD. Meanwhile, the headline unemployment figure prints at 5.5% for April, down from 5.6% in March. Stocks in Sydney (EWA) creep slightly lower. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, May 8, 2:52 PM The recent selloff in commodities (DBC) is not a correction, says Stan Druckenmiller, now on stage at Ira Sohn, but instead the end of the supercycle. Avoid commodity markets - Brazil (EWZ, BRF, BRL), South Africa (EZA, SZR), Canada (EWC, FXC). "Frankly, I'd short the aussie (FXA)." His largest equity holding? "I can't imagine a better position than Google (GOOG)" - selling for 16x earnings and no exposure to China. 4 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Tuesday, May 7, 10:14 AM The iShares Australia Index ETF (EWA -1.4%) gets a double-whammy as a rate cut overnight bangs the currency, but fails to ignite any sort of stock market rally, the ASX 200 -0.2%. U.S. fans of Oz need a hedged stock ETF. Is WisdomTree (which already offers AUSE) listening? Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, April 3, 2:04 AM Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens has been reappointed for another three years ahead of the end of his first seven-year term in September. Since taking on the role in 2006, Stevens helped Australia avoid recession during the global slump of 2008-2009 and kept inflation in check. Stevens is "widely seen as a strong central bank governor from a global perspective," says former RBA economist Paul Bloxham. Comment! [Global & FX, Top Stories]
Tuesday, April 2, 2:53 AM As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia has maintained its key interest rate unchanged at 3% for the third consecutive month, explaining that global growth is "forecast to be a little below average for a time, but the downside risks appear to be reduced." Employment expenses continue to contained "and businesses are focusing on lifting efficiency," the RBA said. "These trends should help to keep inflation low." (PR) 1 Comment [Global & FX, Top Stories]
Sunday, March 17, 5:46 AM Australia faces a "massive hit to government revenues" that "will inevitably continue to impact beyond the current year," says Treasurer Wayne Swan. The deficit increased a further A$4.6B ($4.8B) in the first four weeks of 2013 - above Swan's February estimate of A$2B - taking the total shortfall for the first seven months of the fiscal year to A$26.8B. 45 Comments [Global & FX]
Wednesday, March 13, 9:34 PM A big jobs number out of Australia sends the aussie (FXA) to its highest level in 6 weeks, +0.8% to $1.0378. The country added 71.5K jobs in February, far greater than the 10K expected. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.4% vs. forecasts for 5.5%. The dashing of rate cut expectations is hitting shares (EWA), the ASX 200 -0.8%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, March 6, 1:57 AM Australian GDP climbs 3.6% in 2012, representing the strongest growth since 2007 and one of the best performances in the developed world as rising exports and resource investment offset a slump in manufacturing and construction. In Q4, GDP slips to +0.6% Q/Q from +0.7% in Q3 and vs consensus of +0.6%. On year, Q4 GDP stays at 3.1% vs consensus of 3%. The Aussie is +0.3% vs the USD. (PR) Comment! [Global & FX, Top Stories]
Tuesday, March 5, 2:40 AM As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia leaves its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3% but says there is "scope to ease policy further" if necessary. "Tactically it pays the RBA to be dovish because it keeps monetary conditions loose, and should hold the Aussie dollar down somewhat," says HSBC economist Paul Bloxham. Still, the Aussie is +0.35% vs the USD. (PR) Comment! [Global & FX, Top Stories]
Thursday, February 7, 4:02 PM A look beneath the hood of Schwab's (SCHW) recently unveiled lineup of 105 commission-free ETFs shows an impressive breadth of asset class coverage, including currency, physical metals and equal-weight sector ETFs not previously available for commission-free trading. Notably absent: iShares single country funds, 10 of which are available among the 101 ETFs TD Ameritrade (AMTD) offers commission-free. Comment!
Wednesday, February 6, 9:38 PM Australian employment rises by a greater-than-expected 10.4K jobs in January and the unemployment rate holds at 5.4%. It's the usual tale, with 30K positions in resource-rich Queensland being offset by a large decline in manufacturing-heavy Victoria. The aussie (FXA) remains near the year's low, buying $103.12. The ASX 200 (EWA) +0.3%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, January 31, 10:56 PM Manufacturing swoons in Australia, with the January PMI sliding to 40.2 from 44.3 in December. New Orders led the way, diving 6.3 points to 39.4, and there's little letup in Input Prices, which continue to expand at 58.5. The news should refresh disappearing hopes for more rate cuts. The ASX 200 +0.9%, the aussie -0.2% to $1.0402. 4 Comments [Global & FX]
Wednesday, January 16, 11:15 PM Rate cuts are back on the table in Australia after the economy shed 5.5K jobs in December vs. expectations of a gain of 4.5K. It's the first negative print since August. All of the losses were in full-time employment, which lost 13.8K jobs, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 5.4%. The aussie is now buying $1.0502 vs. $1.0570 before the number. Stocks push close to a 2-year high, the ASX 200 +0.6%. Comment! [Global & FX]

Dr. Kris
Canuck buck $FXA breaking out & country fund $EWA skating to new high--and commodities are dropping. What's up with that, eh?
Apr 30, 2:43 PM
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Dr. Kris: The point being that commodities don't seem to be slowing down these two commodity-tied countries.
Apr 30, 6:26 PM
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bd4uandu: No prob Doc, Seems they both like to mine stuff also. I see the Ausy mint has got tight supplies. http://seekingalpha.com/n/l249
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Vinofilo
$EWC and $EWA going to be under pressure today.
Apr 15, 7:41 AM
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Vinofilo: Expect 1.5% decline due to heavy gold and commodity losses. Buying $EWC under 27
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Vinofilo
$EWA today. http://bit.ly/15Yrh83
Mar 19, 1:36 PM
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Jacob Wolinsky
Didnt write it... The "Safe" Overleveraged Countries: When Will the Good Graces End? http://bit.ly/M8Mnom EWG FXI DXY EWA
6/6/12
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Andrew Shapiro
http://reut.rs/ICg58e Reuters: Rio, BHP iron ore output to dip as China demand cools $EWA
4/12/12
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Andrew Shapiro
http://bit.ly/IESCOw Australian bank cuts 2012 economic growth forecast $EWA $FXA
4/10/12
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Andrew Shapiro
Australian bank cuts 2012 economic growth forecast $EWA $FXA
4/10/12
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Andrew Shapiro
http://bbc.in/GNQwQL #China signs $31bn #currency exchange deal with #Australia $EWA $FXA
3/22/12
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Andrew Shapiro
http://bit.ly/xBpLoZ (MarketWatch) -- Australia's central bank kept its key cash rate on hold at 4.25%, as widely expected. $EWA $FXA
3/5/12
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Andrew Shapiro
(MarketWatch) -- Australia's central bank kept its key cash rate on hold at 4.25% Tuesday, as widely expected. EWA FXA
3/5/12
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Dr. Kris
Canuck buck $FXA breaking out & country fund $EWA skating to new high--and commodities are dropping. What's up with that, eh?
Apr 30, 2:43 PM
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Dr. Kris: The point being that commodities don't seem to be slowing down these two commodity-tied countries.
Apr 30, 6:26 PM
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bd4uandu: No prob Doc, Seems they both like to mine stuff also. I see the Ausy mint has got tight supplies. http://seekingalpha.com/n/l249
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Vinofilo
$EWC and $EWA going to be under pressure today.
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Vinofilo: Expect 1.5% decline due to heavy gold and commodity losses. Buying $EWC under 27
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