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  • Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries (Part II) by Suna Reyent
    This piece is part of an ongoing project to identify countries that have a potential to provide high investment returns while exposing investors to less market risk. It constitutes part two of “Seeking High-Alpha, Low-Beta Countries” series published by Seeking Alpha last week.Ever... More »
    December 21, 2009 • CEE, ECH, EEM
  • 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
  • IMF Shaping Next Global Crises by Rakesh Saxena
    After depleting its lending resources at the height of last year’s meltdown, the IMF has managed to conclude an impressive $750 billion worth of borrowing deals with Group of Twenty members. And, given the line-up for IMF assistance, there is every reason to believe that a good portion of... More »
    October 7, 2009 • FRN, PMNA, GUR
  • Time to Rebalance Your Portfolios by ValidFi
    Portfolio rebalancing is perhaps the only 'free' lunch once you have set a strategic portfolio allocation based on your risk profile. Numerous articles have been published to study the pros and cons of portfolio rebalancing. The key factors behind portfolio rebalancing are: Risk and return... More »
    September 29, 2009 • SPY, MDY, VNQ
  • ETFs: 10 Most Dangerous (Part I) by Don Dion
    ETFs have offered investors unprecedented access to the financial markets. Broad funds like the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) offer exposure to major benchmarks, and narrower funds like iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) provide investors exposure to individual... More »
    September 22, 2009 • BVL, TDV, FRN
  • A View from Cairo:he Case for Investing in Egypt by Chip Krakoff
    Crossing the Kasr el Nil Bridge that spans the Nile in central Cairo at eleven o’clock at night is like walking down 42nd Street in New York at rush hour, only more crowded. Cairo is the real city that never sleeps, and never more so than the current month of Ramadan, when Muslims refrain... More »
    September 8, 2009 • FRN, AFK, TRAMX
  • 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
  • August Update For an Alternative ETF Portfolio by Scott's Investments
    no disclosuresI featured a custom portfolio at the beginning of July. Below is the update for August if you were to base buy/sell decisions on the 200 day moving average at the end of July: Ticker Allocation % Company 200-Day Simple Moving Average Trend Analysis BWX 4 SPDR Barclays Capital Intl... More »
    August 3, 2009 • BWX, DBC, DBV
  • The Next "Frontier" in ETF Investing by Michael Johnston
    Many investors who had the resolve to keep their equity holdings in place as global markets plunged to new lows in the first few months of 2009 were the beneficiaries of a familiar gift from an old friend. Emerging markets, which have regularly enhanced investor returns in recent years (well,... More »
    June 22, 2009 • AFK, PMNA, GULF
  • A Complete Guide to Emerging Market ETFs by ETF Grind
    If you've kept your money in the US this year, you've missed out. Despite the recent uptick in US equities, the major American averages are barely up for the year. Meanwhile emerging market shares have seen a heroic rally from the depths of last year, with the benchmark MSCI Emerging Market... More »
    June 11, 2009 • ADRE, EEM, PXH

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