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iShares MSCI Netherlands Index (EWN)

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  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part II) [View article]
    Great articles, Suna... and good post, alphameister!
    Comment by T. Boone
    Dec 22 15:28 pm |
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  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part II) [View article]
    "I’ve come to the conclusion that many are more comfortable losing money to the “familiar” than making money from the... More »
    Comment by Alphameister
    Dec 22 10:09 am |
    Rating: +3 -1
  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part II) [View article]
    Leaving the conclusion to each reader...,very clever. Thanks for your input.
    Comment by John Grimes
    Dec 22 09:26 am |
    Rating: +3 -1
  • International Stock Investing: Diversified Timing on Country ETFs [View article]
    Some of these country ETFs are very thinly traded. As a consequence, when you suddenly needed to get out, there are no buyers. And since... More »
    Comment by Alan Young
    Dec 21 14:46 pm |
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  • International Stock Investing: Diversified Timing on Country ETFs [View article]
    This is silly. First of all, it smacks of data mining. There is no logic behind 10 month moving averages. What the author did is data... More »
    Comment by American in Paris
    Dec 21 14:45 pm |
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  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part I) [View article]
    I like it - very good work so far. I will have to study this viewpoint some more to make sure I understand - I learn slowly but well... More »
    Comment by mbkelly75
    Dec 18 23:45 pm |
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  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part I) [View article]
    Beautiful, smart, pragmatic, analytic and humorous. A high alpha, low beta Seeking Alpha contributor. Thanks for the great work.... to... More »
    Comment by upperecho
    Dec 14 16:04 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part I) [View article]
    Political environment and economic situation in a nation can no doubt have impact on all industries in that nation. It's not a case of... More »
    Comment by Fund Insider
    Dec 14 15:44 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part I) [View article]
    So to diversify my portfolio, I should add the low beta countries such as Egypt, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Morocco? The lower the... More »
    Comment by American in Paris
    Dec 14 14:48 pm |
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  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part I) [View article]
    Suna, unbelievable article and analysis. While pure quantitative analysis does have its short-comings, as you addressed in your article,... More »
    Comment by Deep Value
    Dec 14 13:08 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part I) [View article]
    There's one big factor that's missing in the analysis:i.e,. exchange rates. Are the gains in local currency or dollars?
    Comment by Timon
    Dec 14 11:44 am |
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  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part I) [View article]
    Interesting article and hypothisis. I do have an idea of why low risk countries (i.e.Morroco) do poorly. Risk is not bad, in fact it is... More »
    Comment by lastboyscout
    Dec 14 11:42 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part I) [View article]
    Great basis for your article. When I took corporate finance in college in the 90's, we were told that Beta was mathmatically disproved... More »
    Comment by p m
    Dec 14 11:27 am |
    Rating: +2 -1
  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part I) [View article]
    Not bad, Suna, and it seems that the real conclusion is that high-beta is good. This is not the conclusion they teach in class, and most... More »
    Comment by kotika98
    Dec 14 10:46 am |
    Rating: +3 0
  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part I) [View article]
    Good question about the error terms. I wonder if there was any indication in the regression of any weak correlation between the... More »
    Comment by James Sindelar
    Dec 14 10:41 am |
    Rating: +1 0