iShares MSCI Mexico Index (EWW)

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  • commenter
    dieuwer
    Jan 15 07:25 PM
    Country P/E Ratios Move Lower on Market Weakness [view article]
    Where did you get these P/E ratios from? There seems to be a huge discrepancy between these P/E/ ratios, and the P/E ratios from yahoo ETF browser and from iShares.com Reply
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    phdinsuntann
    ing
    Jan 07 01:42 PM
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    A Multi Currency Strategy Geared for High Returns [view article]
    if interest rates goes up,
    you are a dead man:
    your bonds will head south...
    and you are broke     Reply
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    ikkyu
    Jan 06 08:16 PM
    A Multi Currency Strategy Geared for High Returns [view article]
    Thanks for your article. I think it is much easier and safer to carry trade with a reputable currency market maker like Oanda.

    Cheers from osaka,
    john     Reply
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    Geoffrey
    Lordi
    Jan 02 02:51 PM
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    5 Tactics for 2008 [view article]
    Ellen,

    Indeed, you are correct. We have owned both - Singapore (EWS) and Sweden (EWD) - concurrently, and separately, over the last few years.

    Best,
    GL     Reply
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    Ellen
    Jan 02 01:03 PM
    5 Tactics for 2008 [view article]
    You say: ... we've owned strong growth international markets in singular, as well – including Sweden (EWS), Malaysia (EWM), Taiwan (EWT), and Germany (EWG), as well as individual Chinese holdings.

    You refer to EWS as being Sweden - it's actually Singapore.     Reply
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    Geoffrey
    Lordi
    Jan 02 11:15 AM
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    5 Tactics for 2008 [view article]
    User 114747,

    Thanks for reading my article.

    As I noted, a very high r^2 does not offer a traditional hedge, per say. Still, my investment return, including dividends, in EFA last year was more than triple that in our holdings of VTI.

    While much of that gain multiple was due to the favorable currency denominations of many of EFA's tracked holdings, that (circularly) was *the* reason that EFA does provide a type of hedge - while many companies in the VTI might garner a reasonable percentage of their earnings from international business, nearly all of EFA's constituents do so. My sincerest apologies if I wasn't clear enough in my explanation.

    And regarding my other hedges - consider them, or don't. I know what works for me, and as long as I am further building our funds (I am), then we should each take whichever path best works for us.

    Best,
    GL     Reply
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    Geoffrey
    Lordi
    Jan 02 11:08 AM
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    5 Tactics for 2008 [view article]
    Hello, NARSpin,

    Thanks for your comments.

    I have used SKF before, and feel it is a good tool. It certainly provided some ballast during the steepest declines in banking, though I haven't been recently inclined to use it, caring to put together some cases for other investment possibilities instead.

    Best,
    GL     Reply
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    Geoffrey
    Lordi
    Jan 02 11:04 AM
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    5 Tactics for 2008 [view article]
    Hello, NoFate,

    Thanks for your comments.

    Yes, I am holding IYR, even as I consider a moderate position in SRS. The reasoning behind it is this long/short strategy has worked for me in the past with other tracking etfs as a sort of counterbalance. If I implement correctly, I should see some dampened volatility.

    Another reason is that I've been long IYR for a considerable period of time, and although I suppose I could have sold some as long term gains prior to December 31, I didn't really have many losses to offset this year.

    Best,
    GL     Reply
  • commenter
    User 114747
    Jan 02 08:19 AM
    5 Tactics for 2008 [view article]
    What a load of rubbish! How can you possibly "hedge" out the US equity risk with a 99.8% correlated EFA ETF just because it is in overseas markets? And all that trading activity to hedge out partially some of your "hedging" ideas, just doesn't make sense, except to your discount on line broker! For pete's sake, if you like Japan enough to own it outright, just buy a smaller EYJ position rather than getting too complicated. Reply
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    NARSpin
    Dec 31 07:10 PM
    5 Tactics for 2008 [view article]
    Great article Geoffrey. Well thought out and you obviously put a lot of time into this. How do you feel about an outright short in SKF? (ultra short financials). Reply
  • commenter
    NoFate
    Dec 31 05:06 PM
    5 Tactics for 2008 [view article]
    I think this is a good article, but am confused why you would hold IYR and SRS, since the latter is simply a double short. Why not just hold less IYR (if you were bullish) or less SRS (if you were bearish)? Reply
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    Geoffrey
    Lordi
    Dec 30 12:10 PM
    My Website
    5 Tactics for 2008 [view article]
    Hey, folks,

    Regarding the currency hedge section above...I meant that we already have exposure to the Euro (FXE) through our holdings such as Unilever, and to the Yuan through some of our PRC holdings. Although the FXY does indicate the CurrencyShares offering for Yen investing, I'm not sure how FXY got attached above to the China side of things...

    Thanks for reading!
    Geoff     Reply
  • commenter
    Amar Pate
    Dec 18 04:10 PM
    Country P/E to GDP Growth Ratios: Emerging Markets Top List [view article]
    Hello, you say the current P/E ratio of Russia is 13.36 and then go on to mentiont he RSX etf. However, in the RSX prospectus it say the etf has a P/E ratio of 31.99. What can explain this major difference? Reply
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    HedgefundAna
    lyst
    Dec 17 08:02 PM
    Country P/E to GDP Growth Ratios: Emerging Markets Top List [view article]
    Uh, don't you think NOMINAL GDP growth would have been more appropriate? Reply
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    Joe Steele
    Dec 17 04:17 PM
    Country P/E to GDP Growth Ratios: Emerging Markets Top List [view article]
    Great article.

    I recently discovered Seeking Alpha and it is a treasure trove of investing ideas. Kudos!     Reply
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