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When Bad News Is Good News For Australian Stocks
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Use Dip In The AUD To Buy iShares Australia ETF
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ETF Chart Of The Day: iShares MSCI Australia
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All Is Not Well Down Under
Russ Koesterich • Fri, Feb 15 • 5 Comments
Motives To Sell Australia Short Pile Up
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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
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ETF From Down Under: Why Australia Has the OECD’s Stamp of Approval
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Why Australia Needs the Perpetual Loan
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Fair Warning: Five Country ETFs Heavily Weighted Towards Financials
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Your Playbook To Profit From Falling Currencies
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Lots Of Red Across The Board
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Week In FX Americas - Canada Bests U.S. Jobs By A Country Mile
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Plunging Iron Ore Underlines Coming Monetary Policy From The Reserve Bank Of Australia
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Stocks: Thunder From Down Under
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The Great Stagnation In Australia
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Market Analysis: Australia
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Global ETF Trading Range Screen
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Just A Sneeze--Or Dutch Disease?
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Australian Housing Bubble Has Chinese Overtones
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Yields From 3-11%: Intro To International Investing For Individual Investors
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The China Syndrome
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International ETFs: Diversification And Overcoming 'Home Bias'
Tom Lydon • Tue, May 21
Charting Down Under: The Australia All Ordinaries Index
Doug Short • Mon, May 13 • 3 Comments
Protecting ETF Portfolios From The Currency Wars
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Australia Lowers Rates
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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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Friday, June 14, 4:25 AM Asian stocks fall sharply and then recover some but not all of their losses a day or so later. That seems to have been a recurring pattern over the past few weeks since the great global sell-off began and the past couple of days have been no different. Shares bounced back today, helped by decent retail sales data in the U.S. yesterday and a report that the Fed's QE tapering will be so gentle you won't even feel it. Japan (DXJ) +1.9%, Hong Kong (EWH) +0.4%, China (FXI) +0.6%, India (INDY) +1.5%, Australia (EWA) +2%, Philippines (EPHE) +2.1%, Thailand (THD) +3.6%. 4 Comments [Global & FX, Top Stories, On the Move]
Thursday, June 13, 7:03 AM "One of the biggest economic bubbles in history is now about to go into the Minsky masher," writes SocGen professional bear Al Edwards of Australia (EWA, FXA), calling it a "leveraged time bomb waiting to blow." A slowing China and with it lower commodity demand are well known, but the domestic economy is just another in long (global) line of credit-fueled economic bubbles. Previous: His old partner Dylan Grice on Oz one year ago. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, June 11, 7:47 AM The Australian dollar continues its sharp descent, hitting a near 3-year low with the most recent excuse for selling last night's weak home-loan approvals report. Short-term rate futures markets have priced in another 50 bps in rate cuts over the next year from an already record-low 2.75%. FXA -1.1% premarket and the ausse is buying $0.9349. The decline may he helping Aussie shares (EWA) which rose 0.4% in the face of a big worldwide decline. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, June 5, 9:32 PM After opening down about 1% following the big decline in the U.S., the Nikkei quickly erases the loss and turns 1.1% higher in mid-morning trade. There's no bounce in Sydney (EWA) which sits at the day's low, off 1%. The aussie (FXA) falls 0.5% to its lowest level in more than a year, buying $0.9490. S&P 500 futures +0.25%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Friday, May 24, 4:42 PM The week's ETF movers - Gainers: GDXJ +6.5%. GAZ +6.3%. TAN +5.2%. UNG +4.4%. GDX +4.3%.
ETF Losers: WPS -6.1%. EWJ -5.7%. EWA -5.6%. EPI -5.6%. IYR -3.4%. Comment! [On the Move]
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]

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
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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.
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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