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Currency ETF Opportunities For These Unique TimesWall Street Sector Selector • Sun, Oct 30, 2011
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Getting Creative With Exposure to Currency ETFsMichael Johnston • Tue, Apr 19, 2011
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Trading Currencies With ETFsWall Street Sector Selector • Tue, Sep 14, 2010
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3 ETFs for Playing a Cheap YenTom Lydon • Wed, Mar 17, 2010
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Japan’s Currency Woes: Yen ETFs in FocusMichael Johnston • Mon, Mar 15, 2010
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Currency ETF Opportunities For These Unique TimesWall Street Sector Selector • Sun, Oct 30, 2011
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Getting Creative With Exposure to Currency ETFsMichael Johnston • Tue, Apr 19, 2011
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Trading Currencies With ETFsWall Street Sector Selector • Tue, Sep 14, 2010
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3 ETFs for Playing a Cheap YenTom Lydon • Wed, Mar 17, 2010
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Japan’s Currency Woes: Yen ETFs in FocusMichael Johnston • Mon, Mar 15, 2010
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- Friday, April 26, 7:50 PM BlackRock announced it will liquidate the iShares Diversified Alternatives Trust (ALT) next month. "Based on the review and client feedback, it appears this product has a limited role in today’s investment portfolios, and we have seen little long-term demand," said Patrick Dunne, head of Global Markets and Investments for BlackRock. This will be the first closure for an iShares ETF since 2002. 2 Comments
- Wednesday, February 13, 10:46 AM Guggenheim's CurrencyShares Singapore Dollar Trust (FXSG) is the 1st ETF tracking the Singapore dollar. The ETF holds foreign currency deposits rather than derivatives, rising when the U.S. dollar weakens relative to the Singapore dollar. FXSG comes with an expense ratio of 0.40% - standard for CurrencyShares ETFs, but cheaper than other currency ETFs UUP (0.50%), CEW (0.55%), INR (0.55%), BZF (0.45%), CNY (0.55%), ERO (0.40%) and ICI (0.65%). (pdf) Comment! [Global & FX]
- Tuesday, February 12, 7:07 PM Pimco has rolled out its Foreign Currency Strategy ETF FORX, which is a portfolio of currencies and local currency bonds actively managed to help investors diversify out of the dollar and preserve their purchasing power. Competitors: UDN, UDNT, ICI, CEW Comment! [Global & FX]
- Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 6:27 PM Investors should look to South America for the next big payoff on carry trades, says Siobhan Morden at RBS Securities. She bucks conventional wisdom by suggesting trades that short Brazil, and go long underrated countries like Chile, Peru, Columbia and Uruguay. 2 Comments [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
- Monday, January 10, 2011, 1:18 PM Top forex forecasters are coming together on one point: 2011 will be the dollar's year, as QE2 nets out more positive for the economy than it is devaluing to the currency. Wells Fargo's head strategist expects the greenback to gain 5% against the euro and 11% vs. yen. 6 Comments [Global & FX]
- Sunday, October 3, 2010, 10:26 AM Restoring Sino-Japanese trust "at a practical level" will be complex, Japan's No.2 minister says. "I am not pessimistic, but neither am I optimistic." Recent disputes have furthered concerns about the risks contingent on China's growing economic clout, specifically, "to what extent does China share the common rules and values of international society?" 4 Comments
- Friday, October 1, 2010, 7:44 AM Japan's fiscal situation is unsustainable given its huge public debt, and Tokyo remains committed to curb a rise in the yen, PM Naoto Kan said this morning in a speech opening the first parliament session. Kan also hinted at further easing during the BOJ's policy meeting next week. Earlier today, Japan said core consumer prices fell for the 18th straight month in August. 2 Comments
- Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 6:15 PM Outspoken iconoclast Hugh Hendry takes a massive $2B bet that Asia will hit the skids. "At these immense levels of yen strength, Japan is bankrupt," he says. "And because it's deemed to be impossible, the trade is actually asymmetric. By golly if I am right, I can make a lot of money." 14 Comments
- Monday, September 27, 2010, 8:19 AM Japan export growth slowed for the sixth straight month in August, underscoring Japan's recent moves to weaken the yen, and prompting speculation that the BOJ will ease already ultra-loose monetary policy next week. Exports rose 15.8% Y/Y, short of the 19% gain economists expected, and well below 2010's peak of 45.3% in February. Comment!
- Saturday, September 25, 2010, 3:31 PM The China/Japan row over the detained trawler captain isn't over yet. After Mr. Zhan's release this morning, tensions flared after China demanded an apology and Japan balked, calling its actions "appropriate and calm." The incident has already affected business ties between the nations' intertwined economies. 3 Comments
- Friday, September 24, 2010, 7:42 AM Japan will release a Chinese sea captain who has been in custody since a collision in contested waters triggered a flare up in the countries' relationship - amid signs that the dispute has been spreading to bilateral business relations. Experts say Japan and other U.S. allies are taking a harder line on territorial issues as a part of a U.S.-backed strategy to stand up to an increasingly powerful China. Comment!
- Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 2:44 PM President Obama receives just 30% approval in Bloomberg's Global poll, roughly in-line with equally uninspiring French counterpart Sarkozy and Japan's Kan. Chinese President Hu Jintao's economic policies were viewed favorably by 58%, while Germany's Markel garned a sky-high 70% favorability rating among investors. 6 Comments
- Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 8:50 AM Japan fires back at Beijing, saying it will "respond appropriately" after verifying China's activities with regard to a disputed gas field in the East China Sea. (earlier) 3 Comments
- Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 8:16 AM China Premier Wen Jiabao threatens more retaliatory action unless Japan "immediately and unconditionally" releases the trawler captain accused of deliberately colliding with a Japanese coastguard ship near disputed islands in the East China Sea. The dispute is being closely watched by other Asian countries and the U.S., who have growing concerns about China's expanding naval power. 3 Comments
- Friday, July 30, 2010, 8:22 AM China overtakes Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth. Depending on how fast the yuan is allowed to rise, China could overtake the U.S. and vault into the No.1 spot by 2025. 1 Comment
- Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 4:40 AM Meanwhile, in Japan, industrial output fell by 0.1% after rising 1.3% in April (consensus: -0.1%); the jobless rate worsened to 5.2% from 5.1% (consensus: 5%); and household spending declined 0.7% (consensus: +0.5%). (via) Comment!
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