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Emerging Market Flows Update - Brazil Equals 'Have Not'
Emerging Money • Fri, May 24
4 ETFs That Could Be Affected By Future Rate Cuts
Benzinga • Sun, May 19
Turkey's Investment Upgrade A Plus for TRY?
Dean Popplewell • Fri, May 17
If You Liked Turkey On No Inflation, You'll Love India
Emerging Money • Tue, May 14 • 1 Comment
Turkey ETF: In The Sweet Spot
Thomas Furda • Fri, Apr 19 • 7 Comments
Scenes From A Central Bank: A Turkish Tale In 2 Acts
iMFdirect • Tue, Apr 2
Don't Become The Biggest ETF Loser
Adam Aloisi • Mon, Apr 1 • 23 Comments
Is This The Perfect Emerging Markets Portfolio?
StreetAuthority • Sun, Mar 31 • 3 Comments
World Ex-U.S. Mostly Oversold
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Mar 26
March Madness: Final 4 Investing Bracket 2013
Matthew Pixa • Mon, Mar 18 • 17 Comments
CAPPT: 2013's Top-Performing Emerging Markets ETF Acronym
Benzinga • Thu, Mar 14
Equity Investing: A Global Perspective
Elliott R. Morss • Tue, Mar 12 • 5 Comments
Turkey ETF Back On Track After Big 2012 Rally
Tom Lydon • Wed, Mar 6
The Currency War: Position Yourself Correctly In The Battleground
Ariel Aharonovich • Mon, Mar 4 • 9 Comments
Emerging Markets: In Search Of Sustainable Growth For The Next Decade
Investment Biker • Fri, Feb 22 • 3 Comments
Turkey's Dadas Shale: One Of The World's Top Unconventional Shale Oil Plays
Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin • Mon, Feb 11 • 6 Comments
Turkey: An Emerging Market With Major Potential
Brett Wilson • Sun, Feb 10 • 6 Comments
Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey And South Africa: CIVETS' 2013 Outlook
Benzinga • Thu, Jan 17 • 6 Comments
Turkey Vs. Russia - An ETF Smackdown
Emerging Money • Wed, Jan 16 • 2 Comments
A Few Thoughts On The Top Frontier Markets' Stock Exchanges Of 2012
Ulysses de la Torre • Mon, Jan 14 • 38 Comments

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Turkey's Investment Upgrade A Plus for TRY?
Dean Popplewell • Fri, May 17
If You Liked Turkey On No Inflation, You'll Love India
Emerging Money • Tue, May 14 • 1 Comment
Turkey ETF: In The Sweet Spot
Thomas Furda • Fri, Apr 19 • 7 Comments
Turkey ETF Back On Track After Big 2012 Rally
Tom Lydon • Wed, Mar 6
Turkey: An Emerging Market With Major Potential
Brett Wilson • Sun, Feb 10 • 6 Comments
Turkey ETF Outperforming In Emerging Markets
Tom Lydon • Thu, Dec 6, 2012 • 24 Comments
Is The Turkey ETF A Great Emerging Market, Or Just The Best Of Europe?
Everyday Finance • Tue, Oct 23, 2012 • 5 Comments
Turkey ETF Up 30% This Year On Economic Growth
Tom Lydon • Fri, Jul 6, 2012
Turkey - A Different Type Of Emerging Market
Alex Doll • Wed, May 2, 2012 • 11 Comments
iShares Turkey ETF: Really Cooking Now
Stoyan Bojinov • Wed, Mar 7, 2012 • 7 Comments
Turkey Is Not A Good Investment
Jacob Steinberg • Tue, Feb 14, 2012 • 25 Comments
Why I'm Short Turkey
David Goldman • Mon, Jan 9, 2012 • 17 Comments
iShares MSCI Turkey ETF Looks Delicious
Michael Johnston • Wed, Nov 9, 2011 • 6 Comments
Inflation Worries Push Turkey ETF to 1-Year Low
Tom Lydon • Tue, Jul 26, 2011 • 5 Comments
What's Crushing the Turkey ETF?
Eric Dutram • Mon, Jul 25, 2011 • 4 Comments
iShares Turkey ETF Poised for Success
James Hartje • Tue, Jun 7, 2011 • 13 Comments
Turkey ETF Could Outperform as Early as Tomorrow
Emerging Money • Wed, Apr 20, 2011 • 1 Comment
Among Emerging Markets, Avoid Turkey
David Goldman • Tue, Mar 1, 2011 • 58 Comments
Surprise Rate Cut Sinks iShares Turkey ETF
Eric Dutram • Fri, Jan 21, 2011 • 1 Comment
Investing in Turkey: Break From the Crowd
Investment U • Mon, Jan 17, 2011 • 4 Comments

Emerging Market Flows Update - Brazil Equals 'Have Not'
Emerging Money • Fri, May 24
4 ETFs That Could Be Affected By Future Rate Cuts
Benzinga • Sun, May 19
Scenes From A Central Bank: A Turkish Tale In 2 Acts
iMFdirect • Tue, Apr 2
Don't Become The Biggest ETF Loser
Adam Aloisi • Mon, Apr 1 • 23 Comments
Is This The Perfect Emerging Markets Portfolio?
StreetAuthority • Sun, Mar 31 • 3 Comments
World Ex-U.S. Mostly Oversold
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Mar 26
March Madness: Final 4 Investing Bracket 2013
Matthew Pixa • Mon, Mar 18 • 17 Comments
CAPPT: 2013's Top-Performing Emerging Markets ETF Acronym
Benzinga • Thu, Mar 14
Equity Investing: A Global Perspective
Elliott R. Morss • Tue, Mar 12 • 5 Comments
The Currency War: Position Yourself Correctly In The Battleground
Ariel Aharonovich • Mon, Mar 4 • 9 Comments
Emerging Markets: In Search Of Sustainable Growth For The Next Decade
Investment Biker • Fri, Feb 22 • 3 Comments
Turkey's Dadas Shale: One Of The World's Top Unconventional Shale Oil Plays
Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin • Mon, Feb 11 • 6 Comments
Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey And South Africa: CIVETS' 2013 Outlook
Benzinga • Thu, Jan 17 • 6 Comments
Turkey Vs. Russia - An ETF Smackdown
Emerging Money • Wed, Jan 16 • 2 Comments
A Few Thoughts On The Top Frontier Markets' Stock Exchanges Of 2012
Ulysses de la Torre • Mon, Jan 14 • 38 Comments
The World Remains Overbought
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Jan 9 • 2 Comments
Follow The Dogs Of The World: ETF Laggards To Consider In 2013
Carl T. Delfeld • Thu, Jan 3
Is Turkcell's Upcoming Transformation Enough Reason To Hold The Shares?
Stephen Simpson • Tue, Dec 18, 2012 • 4 Comments
Middle East Facts You Should Know
Elliott R. Morss • Sun, Dec 16, 2012 • 33 Comments
Asia Rebounds In Emerging Market Money Flows
Emerging Money • Fri, Nov 16, 2012 • 3 Comments

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TUR vs. ETF Alternatives

TUR Description

The iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index.
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Country: Turkey

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Saturday, May 18, 11:33 AM With Turkish stocks and, by extension, the Turkey ETF (TUR), trading just a shade below all time highs, it's worth looking at the country's fundamentals in the wake of Moody's investment grade blessing (I, II). From WSJ: Debt-to-GDP is just 36% (down 10% in the past three years alone), 2012's budget deficit was a comparatively meager 1.4%, and the country's reliance on foreign currency debt is limited to just 27%. Like the Philippines however, authorities are concerned about the potential for inflows of "hot money": "Investment grade can lead to excessive build up of risk and we may have to look into that," Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek says. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Friday, May 17, 7:32 AM Turkish stocks (TUR) hit record highs after the country receives it first investment grade rating from Moody's in two decades (previous). The move comes 6-months after Fitch blessed Ankara with an investment grade nod for the first time since 1994. Yields on the country's two-year bonds hit a record low 4.63% Friday on the news. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, May 16, 3:26 PM Turkey gets investment grade status from Moody's which upgrades one notch to Baa3 from Ba1, citing recent and expected improvements in key economic and public finance metrics, and progress on structural and institutional reforms which hopefully will cut the country's exposure to international shocks. TUR -1%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, March 27, 3:57 PM iShares' MSCI Turkey Index Fund (TUR +0.6%), which has had a stellar 12 month run but is off its January highs, gets a boost as S&P raises the country's sovereign rating to BB-plus citing an economy that "is rebalancing without undermining strong fiscal performance."
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Tuesday, January 1, 11:20 AM On the country ETF dashboard, green all around for 2012 with the exception of Brazil (EWZ -2.5%) and Argentina (ARGT -18.6%). Topping the list were Turkey (TUR +62.3%), Philippines (EPHE +46.6%), Thailand (THD +37.2%), Egypt (EGPT +34.2%) and Ireland (EIRL +32.1%). Comment!
Monday, December 31, 2012, 11:51 AM More details on iShares' ETF fee hikes: Going to 0.61% from 0.59% (a 3.4% hike) are its Chile Investable Market Fund (ECH), China Small Cap Fund (ECNS), Indonesia Investable Market Fund (EIDO), Israel Capped Investable Market Fund (EIS), Philippines Investable Market Fund (EPHE) , Poland Investable Market Fund (EPOL), All Peru Capped Fund (EPU), Taiwan Fund (EWT), South Korea Fund (EWY), Brazil Fund (EWZ), Brazil Small Cap Fund (EWZS), South Africa Fund (EZA), Thailand Investable Market Fund (THD) and Turkey Investable Market Fund (TUR). 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Monday, December 10, 2012, 1:20 PM Emerging markets are hot, but just some of the smaller markets - Colombia (CXG), Philippines (EPHE), South Africa (EZA), Thailand (THD), Turkey (TUR) - are seeing ETF inflows which could be described as worrying. Among the larger markets, India (MSCI India +28% YTD) and China (MSCI China +14% in last quarter) aren't seeing this sort of interest. 2 Comments [Global & FX]
Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 9:27 AM Moody's demurs on following Fitch's recent move to raise Turkey's rating to investment grade. "Challenges" remain, says Moody's, notably, short-term financing risks for a country with a balance of payments deficit - much of it structural - of more than 7% of GDP. TUR -0.5% premarket, +45% YTD. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 2:13 AM Moody's lifts Turkey's rating to Ba1 from Ba2 and maintains its positive outlook thanks to improvements in the country’s finances. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Thursday, May 31, 2012, 12:59 PM More on the fund manager survey: Money flowing out of Brazil is moving elsewhere in Latin America as fund managers are overweight Chile, Mexico, and Colombia. Also popular are Taiwan and India. Countries underweight: China, Thailand, Russia South Korea, and Turkey. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 7:31 AM The red-hot Turkey ETF (TUR), +21% YTD, is staring to draw investor attention, with volume exceeding 1M shares/day recently vs. a 3-month average of 290K. We could talk about ins and outs of the economy, but Turkish shares were hammered in 2011, and are getting a well-deserved bounce along with other risk assets in 2012. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, February 23, 2012, 10:09 AM After a 26.2% YTD gain in dollar terms, Turkish shares are downgraded to underweight at Morgan Stanley. Marianna Kozintseva says the ECB liquidity gusher and easing in China have been priced in, and the market is trading at a pricey level next to its EM peers. TUR -1.7%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 7:37 AM Turkey's central bank lowers its benchmark lending rate 100 basis points to 11.5%, citing a "rebalancing between domestic and external demand," i.e. the current account deficit has stopped growing. TUR +27.3% YTD. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 12:12 PM Turkish CPI breaks double digits in December and hits 10.45% Y/Y, above forecasts and the highest rate in three years. The inflation will only increase fears of a hard landing, and strengthen criticsm that the central bank has been too sanguine about inflation and too reluctant to increase its central policy rate. Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, December 12, 2011, 12:34 PM Turkish Q3 GDP jumps 8.2%, smashing expectations for a 6.6% rise, and against a 8.8% increase in Q2. In response, central bank governor Erdem Basci calls inflation - running at 9.5% - the "number one problem" for the economy, but gives no indication he's ready to tighten further. TUR -4.3%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 9:49 AM Affirming Turkey's BB credit rating, Fitch revises its outlook to "stable" from "positive." The agency cites the country's need to reduce its large current account deficit even as the macroeconomic environment surrounding it deteriorates. "The 2nd year in a row Fitch has changed Turkey's outlook on the day before Thanksgiving," notes the WSJ's Nate Becker. 1 Comment [Global & FX]

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What happened with ($TUR) today?
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Michael Bryant
IShares MSCI Turkey Invest Mkt Index ($TUR) might be a good start. http://yhoo.it/UV4HWY
Jan 18, 8:18 AM
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Wall Street Sector Selector
Leaving France: Problems In Europe (EWQ) (TUR)
11/11/12
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Wall Street Sector Selector
ETF of The Month: iShares Turkey (TUR) http://bit.ly/SDaqzF
11/10/12
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Bloomberg: Erdogan Crowning Decade With Fitch Rewards Bonds: Turkey Credit. $TUR http://bloom.bg/TJ9cpR
11/6/12
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Michael Clark
Add to existing long positions: GS, CPA, EPP, EWC, FXI, GNW, HSIC, IRE, RGR, RS, TUR http://seekingalpha.com/p/8snh
3/16/12
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The Operator
How will TUR, TKF, TKC open? Read what happened in Turkish markets while you were asleep http://bit.ly/qtDgaL
9/8/11
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The Operator
TUR - MS upgrades Turkey to overweight in EEMEA portfolio (DB upgraded banks yesterday)... cites good public BS and declining CA deficit
9/6/11
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carlos marulanda
What happening in Turkey that TUR has been whacked ?
5/13/11
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Jim Van Meerten
TUR - 100% Barchart short term buy signal-15 new highs and up 18.61% in the last month -- Relative Strength Index 73.46% and rising
4/6/11
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