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Debt Levels Will See Developed World Underperform Emerging Markets
Nicholas Pardini • Tue, Nov 6, 2012 • 4 Comments
Rob Arnott And The '3D Hurricane'
Morningstar • Tue, Sep 27, 2011
Ditch The Nonsense, Build A Portfolio Like An Expert
Efficient Alpha • Fri, Sep 16, 2011 • 13 Comments
Building A Fundamentally Sound, World-Class Portfolio
Efficient Alpha • Fri, Sep 9, 2011 • 8 Comments
Call of the Week: Neutral on Developed vs. Emerging Markets
Russ Koesterich • Tue, Aug 2, 2011
3 ETFs That Moved While You Were Sleeping
Gary Gordon • Wed, Jul 6, 2011
Highlighting Developed Market 'EAFEC' ETF Options for Investors
Michael Johnston • Tue, May 17, 2011
The ECB's Poor Credibility and Another Lost Opportunity
Erwan Mahe • Wed, Apr 27, 2011
JPMorgan's Extremely Bullish New Stock Picks
Insider Monkey • Mon, Mar 21, 2011 • 7 Comments
PowerShares Goes to Mexico
Michael Johnston • Thu, Mar 17, 2011
Fundamental Indexing Quiets Its Critics
Tom Lydon • Thu, Mar 10, 2011 • 4 Comments
Small Cap ETF Performance in 2009 Relative to Large Cap Peers: Not Even Close
Michael Johnston • Tue, Jan 12, 2010 • 2 Comments
Investors Embrace Ex-U.S. ETFs
Michael Johnston • Thu, Jul 16, 2009 • 4 Comments
My Index Based Investments
Dividend Tree • Wed, Mar 11, 2009 • 7 Comments
RevenueShares Launches Global ADR ETF with Revenue-Based Weightings
IndexUniverse • Fri, Nov 21, 2008
Alternatives and Absolute Return with ETFs
David McMillan • Thu, Jul 10, 2008 • 4 Comments
Global Investing With PowerShares Fundamental Index Funds
Michael Krause • Thu, Sep 27, 2007
Powershares Goes International With New FTSE RAFI Europe, Asia Funds
IndexUniverse • Tue, Jun 26, 2007
PowerShares Launches Four Fundamentally Weighted Global ETFs
SA Editor Eli Hoffmann • Mon, Jun 25, 2007
Broad Developed Market ETFs
SA Editors • Mon, Jun 25, 2007 • 2 Comments

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Debt Levels Will See Developed World Underperform Emerging Markets
Nicholas Pardini • Tue, Nov 6, 2012 • 4 Comments
Rob Arnott And The '3D Hurricane'
Morningstar • Tue, Sep 27, 2011
Ditch The Nonsense, Build A Portfolio Like An Expert
Efficient Alpha • Fri, Sep 16, 2011 • 13 Comments
Building A Fundamentally Sound, World-Class Portfolio
Efficient Alpha • Fri, Sep 9, 2011 • 8 Comments
Call of the Week: Neutral on Developed vs. Emerging Markets
Russ Koesterich • Tue, Aug 2, 2011
3 ETFs That Moved While You Were Sleeping
Gary Gordon • Wed, Jul 6, 2011
Highlighting Developed Market 'EAFEC' ETF Options for Investors
Michael Johnston • Tue, May 17, 2011
The ECB's Poor Credibility and Another Lost Opportunity
Erwan Mahe • Wed, Apr 27, 2011
JPMorgan's Extremely Bullish New Stock Picks
Insider Monkey • Mon, Mar 21, 2011 • 7 Comments
PowerShares Goes to Mexico
Michael Johnston • Thu, Mar 17, 2011
Fundamental Indexing Quiets Its Critics
Tom Lydon • Thu, Mar 10, 2011 • 4 Comments
Small Cap ETF Performance in 2009 Relative to Large Cap Peers: Not Even Close
Michael Johnston • Tue, Jan 12, 2010 • 2 Comments
Investors Embrace Ex-U.S. ETFs
Michael Johnston • Thu, Jul 16, 2009 • 4 Comments
My Index Based Investments
Dividend Tree • Wed, Mar 11, 2009 • 7 Comments
RevenueShares Launches Global ADR ETF with Revenue-Based Weightings
IndexUniverse • Fri, Nov 21, 2008
Alternatives and Absolute Return with ETFs
David McMillan • Thu, Jul 10, 2008 • 4 Comments
Global Investing With PowerShares Fundamental Index Funds
Michael Krause • Thu, Sep 27, 2007
Powershares Goes International With New FTSE RAFI Europe, Asia Funds
IndexUniverse • Tue, Jun 26, 2007
PowerShares Launches Four Fundamentally Weighted Global ETFs
SA Editor Eli Hoffmann • Mon, Jun 25, 2007
Broad Developed Market ETFs
SA Editors • Mon, Jun 25, 2007 • 2 Comments

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PXF Description

The PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Portfolio (Fund) is based on the FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Index (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Index and ADRs based on the securities in the Index. The Index is designed to track the performance of the largest developed market equities (excluding the U.S.), selected based on the following four fundamental measures of firm size: book value, income, sales and dividends. The 1000 equities with the highest fundamental strength are weighted according to their fundamental scores. The fundamentally weighted portfolio is rebalanced and reconstituted annually.
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Monday, March 18, 8:47 AM While the currency-hedged Japan ETF has been the hit of the season, investors exposed more generally to overseas stocks - say through the EFA - also have an ETF to protect against sliding foreign currencies, the DBA ETF Trust (DBEF). The fund provides the exact same exposure as the EFA, but hedges against currency movement. When the dollar shines, so will the fund, +10.6% YTD vs. 5.3% for EFA. Comment! [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
Tuesday, February 12, 10:46 AM The Dogs of the Dow system doesn't work that well, according to the Leuthold Group, which instead suggests the "bridesmaid" strategy - buying the previous year's 2nd best performing sector. It would have returned 15% annualized over the past 40 years. 2012's runner-up and 2013's buy: Foreign stocks (EFA). 1 Comment [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
Monday, January 7, 12:18 PM Another new launch quickly attracting assets is the iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA). With $280M AUM, the fund has an expense ratio of 14 bps vs. 34 bps for the (also iShares) MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA), with $38B AUM. The IEFA holds about triple the number of stocks as the EFA and has returned 7.9% since late-October inception, about 100 bps better than its big brother. Comment!
Friday, December 21, 2012, 9:57 AM Launched in October, iShares' Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) has pulled in more than $200M in AUM. The fund charges just 14 basis points, less than the 34 of its big brother, the EFA. It also holds 2,512 names as opposed to the 912 held by EFA. Scoreboard: IEFA +7.23%, EFA +6.58% since the October 23 inception. Comment! [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
Thursday, December 13, 2012, 12:04 PM Latin American stocks (ILF) have outperformed much of the developed world for most of the last decade, but that could be about to change. Using EFA as a proxy for developed markets, ex-North America, J.C. Parets sees a huge base and potential bottom formed in the EFA/ILF ratio. Bulls on beaten down spots like Japan and Europe may have reason to cheer in coming years. Comment! [Quick Ideas, Global & FX]
Thursday, November 29, 2012, 1:12 PM The MSCI EAFE Index (EFA +0.8%) - representing international stocks - continues a 3-month run of outperformance over the S&P 500 in which it's gained nearly 6% while U.S. big caps have been about flat. Now up 12.2% YTD, the EFA has pulled nearly even with the S&P after falling way behind this summer. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, November 1, 2012, 11:26 AM Long-term investors looking for international equity exposure might find a better deal in the new sister fund of the MSCI EAFE Index (EFA). The Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) has a lower annual fee, 0.14% vs. 0.34%, and includes a market-weighting of small caps - EFA and others lop them off. Of course cost is more than the annual fee, and EFA's $37B AUM assures better liquidity for the moment. Comment! [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
Monday, October 22, 2012, 4:48 PM BlackRock rolls out four new ETFs for its so-called core series featuring expense ratios under 0.2%. The MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) and the MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) are notable because they seemingly compete with other iShares offerings - EFA and EEM. The other two are the MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) and the Core Short-Term U.S. Bond ETF (ISTB). Comment! [Financials]
Friday, October 12, 2012, 3:28 PM Developed markets outside the U.S. are trying pick up ground against the S&P 500 - gaining 216 basis points over the last quarter - but over the last year, it's not close. The S&P 500 has gained 18.5% vs. 3.4% for the EFA. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 1:08 PM The S&P 500 in July slightly expands its lead over other developed equity markets (as measured by the MSCI EAFE Index). Three hours before month's end, SPY has gained 1.4% vs. 0.3% for EFA. YTD, EFA is up 1.1%, nearly 700 basis points less than SPY. On a Y/Y basis, the S&P has outperformed by a whopping 3700 basis points. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, December 15, 2011, 3:59 AM The economic crisis threatens to increase protectionism, says WTO Director General Pascal Lamy, creating a "vicious circle where crisis erodes the capacity of governance to cooperate well," and thereby makes it more difficult to begin a recovery. "I’m afraid we have to expect difficult times for the world economy at large." 1 Comment [Global & FX]

PXF PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Portfolio ETF

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PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Portfolio ETF