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  • Best and Worst International ETFs in 2009 by Moby Waller
    International ETFs have exploded in popularity, largely due to the fact that they make it relatively easy for an individual investor to trade a singe focused country or region.  Remember, however, that ETFs differ from each other, sometimes in huge ways, so be sure to investigate the... More »
    November 6, 2009 • RSX, EWZ, WPI
  • Sick of BRIC ETFs? Part 2 by Don Dion
    In the quest to seek out the newest emerging markets, investors have been snapping up shares of exchange-traded funds that focus on individual countries like Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, Turkey and South Korea. Rather than sticking with traditional "BRIC" ETFs, which…READ MORE More »
    September 16, 2009 • RSX, VNM, THD
  • Turkey Leads The Way! by Jeff Diercks
    The iShares MSCI Turkey Investible Fund Index (TUR) continues to lead the way in our relative performance country ETF models.  Austria, Sweden, Thailand and Brazil continue to score well in this week's review.As you can see, below, TUR broke out on Thursday and extended its gains in... More »
    August 23, 2009 • TUR, EWD, EWO
  • 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
  • Updated: Individual Country ETFs Performance by Scott's Investments
    no disclosuresBelow is the data for the individual country ETF momentum and 200 day moving averages. Note that all country ETFs are above their 200 day moving average. The top 5 based on the sum of the 3-6-12 month returns are below--3 of the top ETFs are China related so I put the second and... More »
    August 3, 2009 • ECH, EIS, EWA
  • Individual Country ETF Momentum and Trend Update for August by Scott's Investments
    Below is the data for the individual country ETF momentum and 200 day moving averages. One could purchase the top performing ETFs based on momentum as judged by the 3-6-12 returns or just the 6 month returns.  Another twist an investor could add would be to purchase the underlying... More »
    August 2, 2009 • ECH, EIS, EWA
  • Seeking safety and alpha at the same time by Gary Griswold
    High risk and high return are generally understood to go together, but are there exceptions?  Are there ways to find a higher return with a lower risk?  The strategy described here is to select countries based upon a positive current account as a percentage of the countries own... More »
    June 30, 2009 • EWS, EWM, EWT
  • BRIC to BIC to BICI? by Richard Shaw
    Goldman Sachs coined “BRIC” for Brazil, Russia, India and China.  Some commentators have recently suggested that Russia’s stocks are too volatile, economy too fragile and politics too hostile to capital, and that maybe “BIC” is more attractive.  Based on... More »
    June 25, 2009 • SPY, VTI, IWV
  • 15 Point “TechCheck” for 52 ETFs by Richard Shaw
    Comparing the charts for multiple funds can be challenging.  Visual memory is fleeting, and the sheer information complexity of chart patterns poses the problem of what and how to compare on the charts. To reduce the extent of those problems, we collect 15 data points from each chart and... More »
    May 17, 2009 • SPY, EFA, VWO
  • Shrinking US Trade Deficit = Beware Emerging Markets by Hedged In
     From Floyd Norris in the NYT:The United States estimated this week that the trade deficit, as a percent of gross domestic product, fell to 2.4 percent in the first quarter of this year.That is the smallest deficit in a decade, as can be seen in the accompanying chart. It is less than half... More »
    May 3, 2009 • EEM, VWO, ADRE

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