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The China Syndrome
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GEM Fund Flows: Easter Surprise - A Return To Inflows
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World Ex-U.S. Mostly Oversold
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Mar 26
Greater China, Greater Value
Stocks & Shares • Mon, Mar 18
Do These Country ETFs Provide Better Value Than U.S. Stock ETFs?
Gary Gordon • Mon, Mar 11 • 4 Comments
Asia ETFs: Mature Can Be Good
Thomas Furda • Wed, Mar 6 • 2 Comments
Foxconn's Entry Into Indonesia An Odd Play
Peter Pham • Thu, Feb 21 • 1 Comment
A Look Back At My 2012 Calls
Russ Koesterich • Thu, Jan 31 • 2 Comments
The World Remains Overbought
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Jan 9 • 2 Comments
Taiwan Stock Market: Playing The Taiwan Economic Miracle
Lipa Roitman • Thu, Nov 29, 2012 • 4 Comments
Our Picks For China Exposure
Morningstar • Thu, Nov 22, 2012 • 21 Comments
4 Reasons Not To Taiwan On
Russ Koesterich • Sun, Nov 18, 2012 • 1 Comment
Small Signals Adding Up To Real Progress For Chinese Market
Emerging Money • Thu, Oct 11, 2012 • 4 Comments
Asia Pacific ETFs Become Relative Strength Standouts
Gary Gordon • Mon, Oct 1, 2012 • 2 Comments
Stocks Pull Back Around The Globe
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, Sep 27, 2012
Seeking Stability In An Unstable World
Greg Crowell • Wed, Sep 26, 2012 • 3 Comments
China Vs. Non-BRIC Asian Markets
Stocks & Shares • Wed, Sep 26, 2012 • 1 Comment
3 Emerging Market ETFs In An Uptrend
Tom Lydon • Wed, Aug 22, 2012 • 1 Comment
6 ETFs Seeing Gains Despite Drought
Benzinga • Wed, Aug 22, 2012 • 2 Comments

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Prepare To Swoop If Taiwan Capital Gains Tax Passes
Emerging Money • Fri, Apr 13, 2012
Taiwan: The Other Election To Watch
Russ Koesterich • Fri, Jan 13, 2012
Taiwan ETF Could Surge as Tech Sector Opens Doors
Tom Lydon • Mon, Mar 7, 2011 • 1 Comment
Taking Advantage of Taiwan's Fast Economic Growth
Brian Rezny • Wed, Feb 2, 2011 • 3 Comments
Taiwan ETF Goes on a Roll
Tom Lydon • Mon, Jan 31, 2011
Taiwan vs. U.S. and EU: A Little Rice Wine Spat
Static Chaos • Mon, Sep 6, 2010 • 2 Comments
iShares Taiwan ETF Surges Higher on Trade Rumors, Robust Earnings
Eric Dutram • Tue, Jul 6, 2010 • 1 Comment
Three Tech-Heavy International ETFs: Korea, Holland, Taiwan
Eric Dutram • Tue, Jun 8, 2010 • 3 Comments
IndexIQ Continues to Roll Out Single Country Smallcap ETFs With Taiwan Fund
Ron Rowland • Fri, May 21, 2010
Taiwan's ETF: Poised to Cash in on Improved Trade Relations With China
Tom Lydon • Fri, Apr 9, 2010
Taiwan ETF Gets a Vote of Confidence
optionMONSTER • Wed, Feb 17, 2010
China: U.S.-Taiwan Ties Irk the Mainland
TraderMark • Wed, Feb 10, 2010 • 11 Comments
Taiwan ETF on Track for Growth, But Could Tension with China Derail It?
Tom Lydon • Thu, Feb 4, 2010
Taiwan's New Approach to Currency Speculation
Marc Chandler • Wed, Jan 6, 2010
Taiwan's Tech Sector Boosts ETF
Tom Lydon • Tue, Dec 22, 2009
Traders Getting Bearish on Taiwan
optionMONSTER • Wed, Nov 18, 2009 • 1 Comment
Uncertainty Keeping Taiwan Markets in Limbo
Carl T. Delfeld • Wed, Nov 18, 2009
Taiwan Pulls a Brazil
Marc Chandler • Tue, Nov 10, 2009 • 2 Comments
6 Reasons Why Taiwan ETF Might Be Heating Up
Tom Lydon • Fri, Oct 2, 2009
A Look at P/E Ratios by Country: Taiwan Is in a High Rent District
TraderMark • Fri, Jun 26, 2009 • 4 Comments

The China Syndrome
Eric Parnell • Wed, May 22 • 10 Comments
2013 Market Recap And Trends: Top-Performing Countries
Martin Vlcek • Thu, May 2 • 8 Comments
GEM Fund Flows: Easter Surprise - A Return To Inflows
Emerging Money • Fri, Apr 5
World Ex-U.S. Mostly Oversold
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Mar 26
Greater China, Greater Value
Stocks & Shares • Mon, Mar 18
Do These Country ETFs Provide Better Value Than U.S. Stock ETFs?
Gary Gordon • Mon, Mar 11 • 4 Comments
Asia ETFs: Mature Can Be Good
Thomas Furda • Wed, Mar 6 • 2 Comments
Foxconn's Entry Into Indonesia An Odd Play
Peter Pham • Thu, Feb 21 • 1 Comment
A Look Back At My 2012 Calls
Russ Koesterich • Thu, Jan 31 • 2 Comments
The World Remains Overbought
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Jan 9 • 2 Comments
Taiwan Stock Market: Playing The Taiwan Economic Miracle
Lipa Roitman • Thu, Nov 29, 2012 • 4 Comments
Our Picks For China Exposure
Morningstar • Thu, Nov 22, 2012 • 21 Comments
4 Reasons Not To Taiwan On
Russ Koesterich • Sun, Nov 18, 2012 • 1 Comment
Small Signals Adding Up To Real Progress For Chinese Market
Emerging Money • Thu, Oct 11, 2012 • 4 Comments
Asia Pacific ETFs Become Relative Strength Standouts
Gary Gordon • Mon, Oct 1, 2012 • 2 Comments
Stocks Pull Back Around The Globe
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, Sep 27, 2012
Seeking Stability In An Unstable World
Greg Crowell • Wed, Sep 26, 2012 • 3 Comments
China Vs. Non-BRIC Asian Markets
Stocks & Shares • Wed, Sep 26, 2012 • 1 Comment
3 Emerging Market ETFs In An Uptrend
Tom Lydon • Wed, Aug 22, 2012 • 1 Comment
6 ETFs Seeing Gains Despite Drought
Benzinga • Wed, Aug 22, 2012 • 2 Comments

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EWT vs. ETF Alternatives

EWT Description

The iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Taiwanese market, as measured by the MSCI Taiwan Index.
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Country: Taiwan

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Asset Class Performance: Emerging Markets, Countries

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Tuesday, April 2, 10:09 AM China's Industrial Bank - the world's largest by market value - bids for 20% of Taiwan's Bank of Sinopac in what would be the first mainland investment in a lender on the island. The partnership will open up China's vast market to Sinopac - which currently fights for business in what is considered an "overbanked" Taiwan. EWT +1.1%. Comment! [Financials, Global & FX]
Monday, December 31, 2012, 11:51 AM More details on iShares' ETF fee hikes: Going to 0.61% from 0.59% (a 3.4% hike) are its Chile Investable Market Fund (ECH), China Small Cap Fund (ECNS), Indonesia Investable Market Fund (EIDO), Israel Capped Investable Market Fund (EIS), Philippines Investable Market Fund (EPHE) , Poland Investable Market Fund (EPOL), All Peru Capped Fund (EPU), Taiwan Fund (EWT), South Korea Fund (EWY), Brazil Fund (EWZ), Brazil Small Cap Fund (EWZS), South Africa Fund (EZA), Thailand Investable Market Fund (THD) and Turkey Investable Market Fund (TUR). 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Thursday, September 20, 2012, 3:53 PM Laggards to the S&P for some time, might emerging markets ETFs benefit more from QE? U.S.-listed emerging market funds saw inflows of $3.3B in the days following the Fed's announcement vs. just $375M for the entire previous week. Broad funds like VWO and EEM saw the most share creations, but individual countries like Brazil (EWZ), China (FXI), Russia (RSX), and Taiwan (EWT) also saw sizable action. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, June 21, 2012, 2:23 AM South Korea, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar failed to secure an upgrade from MSCI yesterday, with the former two retaining "emerging market" status and the latter two as "frontier" markets. Upgrades could potentially lure more of the $7T in investor assets that track the MSCI's indexes. All four remain under review for future upgrades. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 4:01 AM Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan are likely to take Asia's biggest economic hit in the event of a Grexit or a eurozone collapse, writes Credit Suisse economist Robert Prior-Wandesforde, as those are the region’s most open or export-dependent economies. A Grexit could knock 2.2-2.3 percentage points off of GDP, while a eurozone implosion would shave off 4.6-6.7%. 3 Comments [Global & FX]
Thursday, May 31, 2012, 12:59 PM More on the fund manager survey: Money flowing out of Brazil is moving elsewhere in Latin America as fund managers are overweight Chile, Mexico, and Colombia. Also popular are Taiwan and India. Countries underweight: China, Thailand, Russia South Korea, and Turkey. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 3:30 AM Taiwanese shares climbed the most in four weeks after the ruling party proposed a taxation system that would ease the burden on individual investors of the capital-gains tax. TAIEX +2.9%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Friday, April 13, 2012, 9:13 AM More on China's GDP: Q1 annualized growth dips to 7.4% from 7.8% in Q4 and below the government target of 7.5%. Consumption spending contributed 76% of the growth vs. a 10-year average of 42%. Real estate was the main drag with prices, floor space started, and floor space sold all in negative territory. 7 Comments [Global & FX]
Thursday, April 12, 2012, 10:41 PM S&P 500 futures give up early evening gains following the weak Chinese GDP print, now -0.2%. The Hang Seng +1.6%. Shanghai flat. The biggest reaction is in the Aussie dollar, -0.4% to $1.0396. While the slow number may add to global economic concerns, it presumably opens the door a bit wider to a shot of monetary stimulus from Beijing. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7:50 AM In case anybody hasn't noticed - after a powerful start in 2012 - shares in Shanghai near correction status after another fall (1.4%) last night, bringing the decline in the A share index to 9.3% in a month. Predictably, analyst calls for Beijing to step in with a big policy easing are growing louder. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, March 22, 2012, 7:15 AM More on the weak China HSBC PMI: HSBC economist Hongbin Qu - who typically tries to spin a positive message from these reports - sounds gloomy. "Worryingly, employment recorded a new low from March 2009 ... external demand ... decline(d) at a slower pace, implying no improvements in the (domestic) demand outlook." (full report) 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Monday, February 27, 2012, 11:21 AM The entire Taiwanese banking sector is cut to sell at CLSA as the country faces the bursting of housing and tech bubbles. A decade of easy credit has led to oversupply in Dram, panels, LED, solar, and property, writes Dexter Hsu, but now credit is tightening, which "should accelerate the seasoning process." EWT +12.8% YTD. Comment! [Global & FX, Financials]
Thursday, December 29, 2011, 5:47 AM As expected, Taiwan's central bank leaves its key interest rate unchanged at 1.875%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 2:18 AM Taiwan's benchmark index posts its biggest gain in more than two years, climbing 4.6%, after the government said it will let its National Stabilization Fund buy equities to support domestic markets. 1 Comment [Global & FX, On the Move]
Tuesday, December 20, 2011, 12:59 PM As of the new year, Taiwan will allow Chinese banks to take up to 5% stakes in Taiwanese lenders, while non-bank investors are allowed as much as 10%. The move is made one month ahead of presidential elections in which the incumbent Ma Ying-jeou is in a tight race with an opponent who wants to go slower on economic ties with China. Comment! [Global & FX, Financials]
Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 7:17 AM Bucking yesterday's and last night's sea of red, shares in China and Hong Kong stage massive reversals to close sharply higher. There was no particular piece of news, but China - which sat out much of the October equity party - is up 8 of the last 9 sessions. Shanghai +1.4%, Hong Kong +1.9%. Comment! [Global & FX]

Ocean Man
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12/28/12
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Ocean Man
Bought $EWT at $13.10. Taiwan. 5% lower than a week ago.
12/21/12
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Windsun33
EWT, EWY, IDX some other Asian ETF's bouncing off of 52 week highs.
9/14/12
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Jacob Wolinsky
Taiwan to suffer most from China slowdown http://bit.ly/Q02QTs FXI EEM VWO EWT TWON ITWN
7/15/12
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realornot: It is why they have approved legal gambling to attract tourists from China!
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tracy27tillman@yahoo.com
These ETF'S shows a pattern i've kept up with since May 31, 2011. EWZ,EWT,EWQ,EWP,EWO. Down 20% & more since my watch above date!
5/13/12
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Thomas Pan
Employers in India, China, Taiwan, Brazil, Turkey and Singapore reported the strongest hiring plans. PIN GXC EWT EWZ TUR EWS
12/13/10
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Thomas Pan
gdp was flat on Taiwan and weekly positive in South Korea, Hong Kong and Indonesia. EWT EWY EWH IDX
12/13/10
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David Penn
7 ETFs You Need to Know now up at TradingMarkets.com http://tinyurl.com/28zaung SLV EWT and more
12/6/10
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John Ward
Leading international ETFs: EWU EPI PIN INP CHN CHIQ BRF EWT THD EWM CEF TUR AFK EZA EPU ECH GXG IDX EWX EEM FRN EWL
9/19/10
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John Ward
ETFs (cont'd): EWZ, EWA, EWT, RSK, just to name a few.
9/3/10
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Ocean Man
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Taiwan to suffer most from China slowdown http://bit.ly/Q02QTs FXI EEM VWO EWT TWON ITWN
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realornot: It is why they have approved legal gambling to attract tourists from China!
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