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The China Syndrome
Eric Parnell • Wed, May 22 • 8 Comments
Rising Sun Redux - International ETFs Lag The U.S., Except For Japan
Moby Waller • Thu, May 16 • 7 Comments
2013 Market Recap And Trends: Top-Performing Countries
Martin Vlcek • Thu, May 2 • 8 Comments
Investors Shun Global Emerging Market Funds
Emerging Money • Fri, Apr 26 • 1 Comment
Gold's Slide Is Hurting These Country ETFs
Benzinga • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
Commodity Currencies: The Deflation Factor
Emerging Money • Mon, Apr 15
South Africa ETFs: Too Bad About The Macro
Thomas Furda • Sun, Apr 14
GEM Fund Flows: Easter Surprise - A Return To Inflows
Emerging Money • Fri, Apr 5
South Africa Facing Economic, Sovereign, Currency And Mining Collapse
Russ Winter • Wed, Apr 3 • 4 Comments
Why This Bull Will Probably Keep Running For At Least Another Year
John Overstreet • Tue, Apr 2 • 79 Comments
Something's Not Right About This Rally
Cam Hui • Mon, Apr 1 • 29 Comments
Is This The Perfect Emerging Markets Portfolio?
StreetAuthority • Sun, Mar 31 • 3 Comments
World Ex-U.S. Mostly Oversold
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Mar 26
Sharing In Africa's Growth With ETFs
Tom Lydon • Thu, Mar 21
Global Trading Range Screen
Bespoke Investment Group • Fri, Mar 15
CAPPT: 2013's Top-Performing Emerging Markets ETF Acronym
Benzinga • Thu, Mar 14
2013 Country Stock Market Returns: Local Currency Vs. Dollar Adjusted
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Mar 13
Equity Investing: A Global Perspective
Elliott R. Morss • Tue, Mar 12 • 5 Comments
Using Market Cap To GDP To Evaluate Global Markets
Jason Tillberg • Wed, Feb 27 • 8 Comments
Emerging Markets: In Search Of Sustainable Growth For The Next Decade
Investment Biker • Fri, Feb 22 • 3 Comments

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South Africa ETFs: Too Bad About The Macro
Thomas Furda • Sun, Apr 14
17 South African Stocks That Trade On Wall Street
Ryan Hoover • Fri, Oct 5, 2012 • 4 Comments
The Case For Investing In South Africa (Part II)
Jan Schalkwijk • Fri, Sep 28, 2012 • 30 Comments
Why Moody's Reaffirmed Its Negative Outlook On South Africa
Emerging Money • Thu, May 17, 2012 • 1 Comment
3 Reasons to Underweight South Africa
Russ Koesterich • Mon, Feb 13, 2012 • 1 Comment
Interview Part II: The South African Rand And Markets
Prieur du Plessis • Thu, Oct 6, 2011 • 1 Comment
South Africa: Resources Are Offering Value Again
Prieur du Plessis • Mon, May 30, 2011 • 2 Comments
Outcry in the Middle East: An Emerging Opportunity With EZA?
Brian Rezny • Fri, Mar 4, 2011 • 2 Comments
South Africa ETF Heading Further South
Romeo Fayette • Tue, Jan 25, 2011 • 1 Comment
South Africa ETF: Upgrade Is a Start
Tom Lydon • Tue, Jan 25, 2011
Investing in South Africa: 10 Things to Watch
Tom Lydon • Mon, Sep 13, 2010 • 4 Comments
South Africa ETFs: Basking in the World Cup Afterglow?
Tom Lydon • Mon, Jul 26, 2010 • 2 Comments
South Africa: A Resource-Rich Emerging Market in the Spotlight
Thomas Brigandi • Mon, Jun 7, 2010 • 5 Comments
Emerging Market ETFs: A New Way to Invest in Commodities
Eric Dutram • Fri, Feb 19, 2010 • 7 Comments
South Africa’s ETF: A Return to Normalcy in 2010?
Tom Lydon • Tue, Nov 3, 2009
How Regulation Helped South Africa’s Economy and ETF
Tom Lydon • Mon, Sep 21, 2009
Keep an Eye on South Africa's ETF
Tom Lydon • Tue, Sep 1, 2009
South Africa ETF - Nowhere to Go but Up?
Tom Lydon • Fri, Jul 17, 2009 • 3 Comments
South African Banks Offer Investors Food for Thought
David Hunkar • Mon, Jul 6, 2009 • 1 Comment
South Africa's Heartbreak and Hope
Vitaliy Katsenelson • Thu, Apr 23, 2009

The China Syndrome
Eric Parnell • Wed, May 22 • 8 Comments
Rising Sun Redux - International ETFs Lag The U.S., Except For Japan
Moby Waller • Thu, May 16 • 7 Comments
2013 Market Recap And Trends: Top-Performing Countries
Martin Vlcek • Thu, May 2 • 8 Comments
Investors Shun Global Emerging Market Funds
Emerging Money • Fri, Apr 26 • 1 Comment
Gold's Slide Is Hurting These Country ETFs
Benzinga • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
Commodity Currencies: The Deflation Factor
Emerging Money • Mon, Apr 15
GEM Fund Flows: Easter Surprise - A Return To Inflows
Emerging Money • Fri, Apr 5
South Africa Facing Economic, Sovereign, Currency And Mining Collapse
Russ Winter • Wed, Apr 3 • 4 Comments
Why This Bull Will Probably Keep Running For At Least Another Year
John Overstreet • Tue, Apr 2 • 79 Comments
Something's Not Right About This Rally
Cam Hui • Mon, Apr 1 • 29 Comments
Is This The Perfect Emerging Markets Portfolio?
StreetAuthority • Sun, Mar 31 • 3 Comments
World Ex-U.S. Mostly Oversold
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Mar 26
Sharing In Africa's Growth With ETFs
Tom Lydon • Thu, Mar 21
Global Trading Range Screen
Bespoke Investment Group • Fri, Mar 15
CAPPT: 2013's Top-Performing Emerging Markets ETF Acronym
Benzinga • Thu, Mar 14
2013 Country Stock Market Returns: Local Currency Vs. Dollar Adjusted
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Mar 13
Equity Investing: A Global Perspective
Elliott R. Morss • Tue, Mar 12 • 5 Comments
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Jason Tillberg • Wed, Feb 27 • 8 Comments
Emerging Markets: In Search Of Sustainable Growth For The Next Decade
Investment Biker • Fri, Feb 22 • 3 Comments
Looking For Growth Economies: Getting The Right Ingredients
Far Horizon • Mon, Feb 11 • 3 Comments

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John Prestbo's Indexed Investor: Go into Africa ETFs, with money and time

at MarketWatch.com (Apr 23, 2013)
Global Markets: U.S. In, Emerging Markets Out

at CNBC.com (Mar 13, 2013)
Market Extra: Rand slammed, hits 3-year low as strikes spread

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 8, 2012)
Click here for May's biggest ETF losers

at MarketWatch.com (May 31, 2012)
Double-Barrel Growth for Emerging Markets

at CNBC.com (Apr 10, 2012)
An Emerging Markets ETF Portfolio for Bulls

at CNBC.com (Apr 10, 2012)
What Country Is the Safest Place to Invest Your Money?

at CNBC.com (Jun 28, 2011)
Robert Powell's Your Portfolio: What Egypt’s turmoil means for your portfolio

at MarketWatch.com (Feb 2, 2011)
Robert Powell's Your Portfolio: How to invest in Africa with cutting-edge ETFs

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 21, 2010)
Emerging Markets Report: South Africa's growth slows in second quarter

at MarketWatch.com (Aug 24, 2010)
Trading The Globe: Afghanistan Could Become Saudi Arabia of Lithium

at CNBC.com (Jun 14, 2010)

EZA vs. ETF Alternatives

EZA Description

The iShares MSCI South Africa 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 South African equity market, as measured by the MSCI South Africa Index.
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Country: South Africa

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Tuesday, May 21, 2:17 PM South Africa's rand falls to its lowest level in four years as clashes between mine owners and workers erupt again today. Government "heavy-handedness" with mining companies has created a "major negative" for investors both inside and outside mining, as it reduces companies’ abilities to set their balance sheets and control their own destinies, Greenbriar Partners says. AU -3.3%, GFI -3%, HMY -2.6%. 5 Comments [Commodities, Global & FX]
Monday, May 20, 8:12 AM Shares of South African miners sink as the country's mine workers union calls for a 60% pay increase on gold and coal producers. The union says it is seeking an entry-level minimum monthly wage of 7K rand ($750) for surface workers and 8K rand for underground workers vs. respective current minimum wages of 4.7K and 5K rand. AU -3.7%, GFI -3.4%, HMY -1.9% premarket. 2 Comments [Commodities, Global & FX]
Friday, May 17, 7:58 AM The head of a major South African mining union threatens to bring the country's economy "to a standstill" and demands a meeting with President Zuma, ramping up the rhetoric in a long and heated conflict between labor and the government. But a strike seems averted for at least another day, as top platinum producer Amplats (AGPPY.PK) says employees reported for today's shifts as normal. Comment! [Commodities, Global & FX]
Wednesday, May 8, 2:52 PM The recent selloff in commodities (DBC) is not a correction, says Stan Druckenmiller, now on stage at Ira Sohn, but instead the end of the supercycle. Avoid commodity markets - Brazil (EWZ, BRF, BRL), South Africa (EZA, SZR), Canada (EWC, FXC). "Frankly, I'd short the aussie (FXA)." His largest equity holding? "I can't imagine a better position than Google (GOOG)" - selling for 16x earnings and no exposure to China. 4 Comments [Quick Ideas]
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]
Monday, December 10, 2012, 1:20 PM Emerging markets are hot, but just some of the smaller markets - Colombia (CXG), Philippines (EPHE), South Africa (EZA), Thailand (THD), Turkey (TUR) - are seeing ETF inflows which could be described as worrying. Among the larger markets, India (MSCI India +28% YTD) and China (MSCI China +14% in last quarter) aren't seeing this sort of interest. 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Friday, October 12, 2012, 12:38 PM South Africa's credit rating is cut to BBB from BBB+ at S&P, with the outlook remaining negative. The country's mining strikes are likely to have the ANC taking on "more populist elements" heading into 2014 elections, resulting in "amplified spending pressures and reduce(d) fiscal flexibility." Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, October 8, 2012, 1:32 PM Spreading labor unrest in South Africa is taking a toll on the country's government paper and the currency, with the prices of both slumping to multi-year lows. "We think it more likely than not that the rand will at least test the 9/dollar mark," says a local currency strategist. SZR -13.1% Y/Y. 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 12:05 PM With risk poking its head out again, emerging market currencies slide, led today by South Africa's rand (SZR) and the Hungarian forint. Both country's kept interest rates on hold last night, with South Africa's central bank sounding a bit dovish. Also hit are the Mexican peso (FXM) and India's rupee (ICN) 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Monday, March 12, 2012, 12:54 PM South African oil major Sasol (SSL -2.1%) reports earnings of $1.8B for 2011 H2, up from $980M a year earlier, roughly inline with estimates. Profits benefited from a 16% decline in the rand (SZR) as well as higher crude prices. Comment! [Global & FX, Energy]
Friday, October 14, 2011, 2:20 PM DuPont (DD +2.1%) announces a South African regulator has rejected its planned purchase of a seed company, upholding a legal ruling from last year. The move follows a growing trend in the nation of tightening restrictions on foreign ownership of companies. Dupont says it will study the decision and any available options for future action. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 7:39 AM South African economic growth accelerated to 4.8% in Q1 vs. expectations of 4.2%. The rand strengthen on the news, bringing the currency's gain to nearly 5% since the February lows. Growth is still well below the 7% figure hoped for by the government. EZA +26%, SZR flat Y/Y. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 11:08 AM South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan extolls the strongish rand, saying it provides an "important buffer" from higher commodity prices. He again pledges not to use currency controls to try and curb capital inflows. SZR -0.5%, EZA -0.4%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, March 7, 2011, 8:53 AM South Africa becomes the latest country to wave the white flag in the "currency wars," its finance minister crediting the strong rand (SZR) with crimping inflation pressures. No longer able to ignore rising prices, nations are abandoning rhetoric and policies meant to stifle currency appreciation. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 3:02 PM The gold ETF (GLD) has outperformed South African gold miners for years. Last year's culprit was the rising rand, which meant a 29% increase in the dollar value of gold translated into just a 13% jump for the SA miners. A lower rand (SZR) could turn things around in 2011. AU, GFI, HMY, DROOY. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, January 13, 2011, 5:57 PM No longer just a resource play, Africa is home to a potentially huge consumer class. McKinsey and Co. pegs the number of consumers able to afford more than basic necessities as higher than that of India (spread out over a slightly larger area), but a long road remains before Africa can be deemed the next Asia. 6 Comments [Global & FX]

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David Jackson
Reading: The Case For Investing In Africa http://seekingalpha.com/a/l7zn $AFK $EZA
11/8/12
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South Africa's SSL looking to build $14B secunda-scale complex in Louisiana EZA GAF EEME OGEM http://bit.ly/UEOXtl
9/23/12
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FT: Africa: Funding on the frontier http://on.ft.com/TbiMnn. Bullish FM AFK GAF EZA
9/21/12
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SafariResearch.com
Reflections Of A Value Investor In Africa - Anibock Investment Research Chambers - http://t.co/ubkiuDf AFK EZA
10/31/10
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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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ETFdesk
WaysToPlay: Africa rising, Economic recovery is coming to Africa faster than many had expected http://bit.ly/abGIBc $AFK $EZA #ETF #MKT
3/16/10
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WaysToPlay: Steady as she goes http://bit.ly/cMItLs #South Africa $EZA #ETF #MKT
3/2/10
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David Jackson
If you own INDY EZA EWP EWD EWL EWT THD TUR EWU IWV VNM or EWY, check this out: http://bit.ly/5oNXxD
1/19/10
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WaysToPlay: The Next BRICs: Six Surging Countries You Must Pay Attention To This Decade $EWW $EZA $IDX $EWA #BRICs #MAVENS #ETF #MKT
1/6/10
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