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  • 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
  • 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
  • An ETF Play on the Santander IPO by Don Dion
    Spanish banking behemoth Santander (STD) sold part of its Brazilian operations in the largest IPO in America since Visa (V) and the largest ever in Brazil. Santander's Brazil unit is the third-largest private bank in Brazil, with about 10% market share, and delivered about 18% of profit in... More »
    October 7, 2009 • STD, EWZ, EWP
  • ETFs Hitting 52 Week Highs by Scott's Investments
    Below is a list of ETFs hitting (but not necessarily closing at) 52 week highs as of the close on Friday, September 18th. Please note I filtered the screen by requiring the ETFs to have an average volume of at least 50k in order to filter some low volume issues and required they be trading for... More »
    September 20, 2009 • DGS, EPI, EWM
  • Spain Set to Face Strong Demographic Headwinds by Beacon Asset Managers
     Today we highlight the demographic landscape of Spain, a country we believe will begin to feel the strong headwinds of a downturn in consumer sending from 2012 onwards (Peak births 1972 plus 40 years).The main concern over Spain is the health of its financial system post its vast property... More »
    September 16, 2009 • EWP
  • 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
  • Updated: Individual Country ETFs Performance by Scott's Investments
    no disclosuresBelow is the data for the individual country ETF momentum and 200 day moving averages. Note that all country ETFs are above their 200 day moving average. The top 5 based on the sum of the 3-6-12 month returns are below--3 of the top ETFs are China related so I put the second and... More »
    August 3, 2009 • ECH, EIS, EWA
  • Individual Country ETF Momentum and Trend Update for August by Scott's Investments
    Below is the data for the individual country ETF momentum and 200 day moving averages. One could purchase the top performing ETFs based on momentum as judged by the 3-6-12 returns or just the 6 month returns.  Another twist an investor could add would be to purchase the underlying... More »
    August 2, 2009 • ECH, EIS, EWA
  • 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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