Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc. (IAF)

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    zawy
    Sep 03 09:29 AM
    Global P&E Ratios and Dividend Yields [view article]
    Are the P/E's in Europe low because people think the Euro is overvalued? Reply
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    Tom Wright
    Sep 01 11:39 AM
    Global P&E Ratios and Dividend Yields [view article]
    Aberdeen Australia fund (IAF), even with the potential of a distribution drop will still be yielding about 8-9% IMO and is an excellent vehicle for participation in Asian growth. Reply
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    g.pincheot
    Aug 20 04:18 PM
    Global P&E Ratios and Dividend Yields [view article]
    AOD with 17% interest is full of fine quality European stocks. It is a relatively new ETF and untested, but they have managed to pay excellent rates without resorting to Auction Rate Securities. Reply
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    David
    Jackson
    May 19 05:00 PM
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    Single Country Asia ETFs, ETNs and Closed-End Funds [view article]
    Thanks ETFlover -- we've added in the Thailand ETF.

    We've also added the new China NETS ETF from Northern Trust. There's an article comparing it to the other China ETFs here:

    seekingalpha.com/artic...     Reply
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    etflover
    May 17 10:22 PM
    Single Country Asia ETFs, ETNs and Closed-End Funds [view article]
    iShares MSCI Thailand Index Fund THD should be in Thailand Section. Reply
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    ETF Wanderer
    May 13 12:23 PM
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    Exchange-Traded Funds and Closed-End Funds by Asset Class, Type and Provider [view article]
    can you please update this list? thanks. Reply
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    David
    Jackson
    Apr 13 02:21 PM
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    Single Country Asia ETFs, ETNs and Closed-End Funds [view article]
    Update: we just added the NETS (Northern Trust Exchange-Traded Shares) S&P/ASX 200 Index Fund (AUS) to the list, which covers Australian stocks.

    Index Universe explains that "the NETS family takes a slightly different approach to country investing than the iShares – Northern Trust has opted to use locally favored indexes in many cases, while iShares, the main existing provider of country-specific ETFs, tends to use MSCI’s country indexes, which are favored by institutional investors."     Reply
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    SeekingAlpha
    Editors
    Apr 06 05:16 AM
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    General Discussion on IAF
    Is this a buy or a sell? Reply
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    David
    Jackson
    Mar 06 10:56 AM
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    Single Country Asia ETFs, ETNs and Closed-End Funds [view article]
    Update: we just added the PowerShares India Portfolio ETF (PIN), and included links to articles evaluating and comparing the India ETFs and ETNs. Reply
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    User 110789
    Oct 03 06:54 PM
    Exchange-Traded Funds and Closed-End Funds by Asset Class, Type and Provider [view article]
    Are there any EFT funds that are purelt composed of vietnam companies? lasmatas@yahoo.com Reply
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    SeekingAlpha
    Editors
    Jun 07 04:31 AM
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    Single Country Asia ETFs, ETNs and Closed-End Funds [view article]
    Did we miss anything out here (they're only Asia; we'll do Europe etc. next)? If so, please leave a comment! Reply
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    Internet2k4
    Apr 21 03:24 PM
    Foreign Exposure: Mutual Funds vs. EFA? Neither... [view article]
    Re the global warming play: read the science first. We'll all be dead before anybody feels the heat. Not to say Al Gore isn't eventually right, but when is he right? Investors know something about the difference between next week (trader), a couple of years from now (cyclical) and after I'm dead (secular) trends. Reply
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    Roger
    Nusbaum
    Apr 20 12:47 PM
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    Foreign Exposure: Mutual Funds vs. EFA? Neither... [view article]
    as in it won't get as warm in Canada? Interesting, I hadn't thought about that. Reply
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    Tom B
    Apr 20 08:42 AM
    Foreign Exposure: Mutual Funds vs. EFA? Neither... [view article]
    Long term, Canada should be a country which might see some benefit from global warming, in contrast to places at lower latitudes. This is relevant to a long-term holder, like me. Reply
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    Roger
    Nusbaum
    Apr 19 07:15 PM
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    Foreign Exposure: Mutual Funds vs. EFA? Neither... [view article]
    David, the short answer is maybe, lol. EWC is 55% energy. Clearly Canada benefits from strong energy prices. If, and this is what I don't know, oil goes up in the next bear market for US stocks then Canada would probably be a good place to hide but really I offered nothing forward looking in the post about Canada because I am not sure.

    Australia has a very low correlation to the US due, I beleive to having a very different type of economy; no recession since 1991. Ireland's gov't made a decision in the late 1980s that it was going to be the best place for foreign companies to do business with may pr0 growth policies like a 12.5% corporate tax rates. Ireland has been booming almost ever since. Number 2 GDP in Europe per capita (i think number two maybe 3) and estimated to be number one sometime next decade.

    Norway is oil that does not come to the US (at least not very much) so they are not dependent on US growth. They have their financial house in impecable order and as more of a commodity based economy (like Oz) as opposed to the US' service based economy I believe it should be a different points in its economic cycle than the US which is my idea of what foreign diversification is.

    True enough both Norway and Australia appear to have more rate hikes in front of them.     Reply
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