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All Roads Lead To Commodities by Dr. Stephen Leeb
Three seemingly disparate news items last week strongly suggest that the investment world is bifurcating into commodity and non-commodity investments – or if you will long-term winners and long-term losers. First, India's central bank announced that it had bought 200 tons of gold from the... More »
November 11, 2009 • GLD, SLV, EWZ
Less Than Good News from Germany by Richard Shaw
The elections are over in Germany and the new finance minister is making sobering statements about recovery. Germany is a major part of the European economy. With Italy limping and Spain bleeding, Germany’s statement is hardly welcome. New Your Times (October 25, 2009)... More »
October 25, 2009 • EWG, EWI, EWP
How Rebalancing Added Over 2% To The Returns Of A Simple ETF Portfolio by Mitch Tuchman
Rebalancing is a key to lower risk and higher returns because it forces the discipline and takes the emotionalism out of “buy low and sell high.” The illustration below shows how a simple portfolio that has a target allocation of 50% bonds and 50% stocks gets rebalanced... More »
October 14, 2009 • BIL, BIV, BLV
O Canada! (Pt III): Canadian Black Gold – All This and Growing Dividends, Too by Joseph L. Shaefer
I have previously discussed the investment merits of what the World Bank calls “the soundest banking system in the world” and the gold (and golden agriculture) that flows from Canada. Now I’ll review the black gold that, atop the foundation set by the... More »
October 10, 2009 • IMO, ECA, CHK
Canada: Better Demographics than Many of its Developed Economic Partners by Beacon Asset Managers
Today we highlight the demographic landscape of Canada, which looks in better shape demographically than many of its developed economic partners. The country has been battling against the strong headwinds of a downturn in consumer expenditures that started in 1999 (Peak births in 1959 plus... More »
September 28, 2009 • EWC, IOO
Trend Condition of Country Funds by Richard Shaw
There were some substantial price moves today for many country and region funds. How do they look now relative to their 200-day simple moving averages? The chart below shows the ratio of the price to the 200-day average, and the 100-day average to the 200-day average, for 35 country and... More »
August 17, 2009 • VT, EFA, VWO
Prognosticating the Economy with the Four Quadrants of Demography by Beacon Asset Managers
Because demographics can help make or break a country’s economy, investors should pay attention to country-specific demographic trends when considering long-term investments in the global market. The “long-term” is stressed in the preceding sentence because demographic... More »
July 8, 2009 • EWJ, EWA, EWU
Strong Returns Since November, March Lows–Can it Continue? by Beacon Asset Managers
We present two tables showing performances of U.S. and International indices, and sectors, from the November 20th 2008 and March 9th 2009 low points. It should be of no surprise that in many cases the gains from these low points have in some cases exceeded 50 percent. The "Doomsters"... More »
July 1, 2009 • EEM, EFA, IOO
Early Look: Investment Rodeos by Keith McCullough
“It’s the broncs and the blood, it’s the steers and the mud, and they call the thing rodeo.” –Garth BrooksIt’s rodeo season in Western Canada, and I’ve flown back to my hometown of Bassano, Alberta to participate in the local amateur rodeo. No, I... More »
June 26, 2009 • ORCL, XLE, EWC
15 Point “TechCheck” for 52 ETFs by Richard Shaw
Comparing the charts for multiple funds can be challenging. Visual memory is fleeting, and the sheer information complexity of chart patterns poses the problem of what and how to compare on the charts. To reduce the extent of those problems, we collect 15 data points from each chart and... More »
May 17, 2009 • SPY, EFA, VWO

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iShares MSCI Canada Index (EWC)

Instablog posts on EWC

All Roads Lead To Commodities by Dr. Stephen Leeb

Less Than Good News from Germany by Richard Shaw

How Rebalancing Added Over 2% To The Returns Of A Simple ETF Portfolio by Mitch Tuchman

O Canada! (Pt III): Canadian Black Gold – All This and Growing Dividends, Too by Joseph L. Shaefer

Canada: Better Demographics than Many of its Developed Economic Partners by Beacon Asset Managers

Trend Condition of Country Funds by Richard Shaw

Prognosticating the Economy with the Four Quadrants of Demography by Beacon Asset Managers

Strong Returns Since November, March Lows–Can it Continue? by Beacon Asset Managers

Early Look: Investment Rodeos by Keith McCullough

15 Point “TechCheck” for 52 ETFs by Richard Shaw

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