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- A 360 View of Returns (July 2008) [view article]
- 31 Country P/E and PEG Ratios [view article]
- Tracking Mean Reversion After Bad Months [view article]
- Energy Use Per GDP Unit by Country [view article]
- Key ETFs Most Overbought and Oversold [view article]
- Calendar Year Country Fund Returns: 1997-2007+ [view article]
- Single Country Europe ETFs and Closed-End Funds [view article]
- Exchange-Traded Funds and Closed-End Funds by Asset Class, Type and Provider [view article]
- Investing in Non-U.S. Stock Markets [view article]
- Country vs. Sector Diversification with ETFs [view article]
- Smart Swissie and Samurai Currency ETF Play [view article]
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- A 360 View of Returns (July 2008)
- 31 Country P/E and PEG Ratios
- Tracking Mean Reversion After Bad Months
- Key ETFs Most Overbought and Oversold
- Emerging & Developed Markets Country Weights
- Energy Use Per GDP Unit by Country
- International ETF Update: Netherlands, Germany, Italy
- Single Country Europe ETFs and Closed-End Funds
- Calendar Year Country Fund Returns: 1997-2007+
- Investing in Non-U.S. Stock Markets
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Investing in Non-U.S. Stock Markets [view article]
Football Geek,Yes, Canada is important.
Not only is it energy rich, but the energy reserves and energy production and distribution are not subject to the geopolitical risks of so much of the oil in the rest of the world, which is subject to nationalization, effective nationalization by huge increases in royalties, war, sabotage, terrorism, political manipulation of supply, and in worst cases end user need to defend maritime transport of oil.
Canada was about 3% of world market cap as of mid-2007. Reply
Investing in Non-U.S. Stock Markets [view article]
Aly-Khan Satchu:Good question.
I used the term "tradable" and perhaps should have used the word "investable"... which is the term used by MSCI in constructing their indices.
Your home country of Kenya is included in the MSCI "investable" frontier markets index (and South Africa is in the emerging category), but most of the non-Gulf region Africa countries are not. MSCI has criteria which they broadly describe this way:
"The MSCI Frontier Markets Indices are designed to track the performance of a range of equity markets that are now more accessible to global investors. The MSCI Frontier Markets Indices Methodology follows similar principles to the methodology of the MSCI Global Investable Market Indices (GIMI), but takes into account the specific market capitalization structure and liquidity constraints that characterize these markets."
A good place to start looking at how MSCI defines investable is on their December 2007 release about their Frontier Indices found at:
mscibarra.com/products...
We are not making any determination as to investablity in this article, but are following the lead of MSCI in stating what is and is not investable. Their determination is similar to, but not exactly the same as, that of Standard and Poor's.
I chose the word "tradable" versus "investable" partially to avoid confusion between direct investment opportunities which cannot be "traded" (such as a company building a factory or setting up a distribution system) and buying and selling stocks or bonds on a exchange with certain characteristics which is the "investability&qu... idea MSCI is referencing.
By the way, you have a handsome website.
Thanks for commenting
Richard Reply
Investing in Non-U.S. Stock Markets [view article]
John from Osaka,Thank you for the complement and also for the note of our proofing error. It has been corrected on my blog and SA will be making an image substitution shortly.
Richard Reply
Satchu
Investing in Non-U.S. Stock Markets [view article]
Dear Richard,What is your definition of tradeable stock markets in relation to Africa and particularly in SSA?
There is a whole lot going on which appears not to be captured by your map?
Aly-Khan Satchu
rich.co.ke
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Investing in Non-U.S. Stock Markets [view article]
Greetings. I always enjoy your posts.The world map appears to have an incorrect key. It seems the emerging and developed non-U.S. markets are switched.
Cheers from Osaka,
john Reply
Geek
Investing in Non-U.S. Stock Markets [view article]
Interesting note to this is that Canada is close to the US, but theireconomy is different in many ways. Canada has the second most oil
reserves in the world, jobless rate is at a twenty five year low, currently enjoys a government surplus, exports more goods than it
imports, stable government in power, and has a skilled workforce.
Has some great companies like POT, RIM, MFC, TD, CN, etc.
Because we are so close to the US, sometimes we are forgotten.
With the price of oil looking to stay high, and the demand to continue Canada could do very well in the next decade
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Jackson
Single Country Europe ETFs and Closed-End Funds [view article]
Update: we just added the NETS (Northern Trust Exchange-Traded Shares) FTSE 100 Index Fund (LDN) to the list.Index Universe explains that "the NETS family takes a slightly different approach to country investing than the iShares – Northern Trust has opted to use locally favored indexes in many cases, while iShares, the main existing provider of country-specific ETFs, tends to use MSCI’s country indexes, which are favored by institutional investors." Reply
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General Discussion on EWN
Is this a buy or a sell? ReplyCountry vs. Sector Diversification with ETFs [view article]
Foreign ETFs are big contributors to my balanced portfolio, however, what I find more often than not is that many of these ETFs have high concentrations on specific sectors - e.g. financials or oil & gas, etc. which leads to eliminating them from a balanced portfolio consideration due to high correlation to other domestic ETFs. ILF is one of the more profitable components I've been using recently. See my full portfolio at notiming.com ReplyCountry vs. Sector Diversification with ETFs [view article]
Great info, thank you. I loved it. ReplySmart Swissie and Samurai Currency ETF Play [view article]
FXP has nothing to do with Switzerland - it is the UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ProShares.To which Swiss ETF are you really referring? Reply
Monthly ETF Update by Asset Class [view article]
Ditto floridadon :the graphics on the charts are not legible especially the ETF symbols. ReplyMonthly ETF Update by Asset Class [view article]
Even when enlarged the graphics are difficult to read. It is to bad an article with this much info is not supported with more visible graphics. ReplyMonthly ETF Update by Asset Class [view article]
why again do TV honksand clients say that the market is bad? this paints a solid picture that there are plenty of bull markets to invest in... ReplyMcClatchy
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30 ETFs With the Highest Short Interest Ratios [view article]
The Bespoke commentary is founded on a fundamental misunderstanding of what ETFs are - and are not. With stocks high short interest or percentage of outstanding shares held short reveals potential for a snap rise if all at once the shorters have to cover their positions by buying back their stock. The ratio is meaningful in a stock where the shares in question are all there are. The ratio is not meaningful in a typical ETF where the shorts only represent a tiny amount of the underlying stocks (the index) in question.will@etfzone.com
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