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  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries In The Investment Universe: Part I by Suna Reyent
    A year ago, Seeking Alpha published a piece of mine entitled “Calculating Country Risk Observed By Betas”. Since equity markets tend to go up and down in a synchronous fashion with the world markets, owning a country risk itself means owning a piece of the general “market... More »
    December 13, 2009 • EPI, CEE, ECH
  • [Peaceful Gains Core ETF] - Austria - November 22, 2009 by Alex Strashny, Ph.D.
     Peaceful Gains Core ETFFinancial advisory newsletterswith consistently high long-term returnsNovember 22, 2009Update frequency: weekly(For recommended allocations, see below.)Dear subscribers,As you know, we publish two newsletters — this newsletter, which follows exchange-traded... More »
    November 22, 2009 • EWO
  • Old Normal Allocation Becomes New Normal? by Richard Shaw
    The old normal allocation between the three most basic classes (Cash, Bonds and Stocks) is currently the new normal. While the old normal return expectations for U.S. securities, and the allocation between U.S. securities and global securities (particularly emerging market securities) is not... More »
    November 17, 2009 • SPY, MDY, EWU
  • Best and Worst International ETFs in 2009 by Moby Waller
    International ETFs have exploded in popularity, largely due to the fact that they make it relatively easy for an individual investor to trade a singe focused country or region.  Remember, however, that ETFs differ from each other, sometimes in huge ways, so be sure to investigate the... More »
    November 6, 2009 • RSX, EWZ, WPI
  • Austrian Post: 'Cash Cow' on Sale by The Manual of Ideas
    In a recent issue of European Value Report, the research team of The Manual of Ideas outlined an investment thesis on Austrian Post, pointing out the incumbent postal service provider's strong cash flow generation and growth opportunities in Eastern Europe. Key excerpts follow:Austrian Post... More »
    October 10, 2009 • EWO
  • Christmas Lights Are Up: Don’t Bother With Europe For Now by Rakesh Saxena
    Roberto Baggio (Seeking Alpha, September 24, 2009, Ten Reasons for an Imminent Stock Market Crash) wonders if someone has “waved a magic wand and fixed Europe’s problems overnight.” Well, in beautiful Riga, which lays claims to putting up the first evergreen Christmas tree in... More »
    October 4, 2009 • DAX, EWD, EWG
  • Country ETFs Look Very Extended by Jeff Diercks
    At InTrust, we are trend followers and there is no doubt the trend in all equity markets is still up, especially the international markets which have benefited from a falling dollar in addition to a up move in worldwide equity markets.  However, I think we may be different than the average... More »
    September 15, 2009 • EWO, RSX, TUR
  • Turkey Leads The Way! by Jeff Diercks
    The iShares MSCI Turkey Investible Fund Index (TUR) continues to lead the way in our relative performance country ETF models.  Austria, Sweden, Thailand and Brazil continue to score well in this week's review.As you can see, below, TUR broke out on Thursday and extended its gains in... More »
    August 23, 2009 • TUR, EWD, EWO
  • 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
  • Seeking safety and alpha at the same time by Gary Griswold
    High risk and high return are generally understood to go together, but are there exceptions?  Are there ways to find a higher return with a lower risk?  The strategy described here is to select countries based upon a positive current account as a percentage of the countries own... More »
    June 30, 2009 • EWS, EWM, EWT

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