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  • iShares Adds Emerging-Markets ETFs by Don Dion
    iShares is looking to add to its roster of emerging-markets ETFs with a filing for two new sector-focused funds last week. The new iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Financial Sector Index Fund and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Materials Sector Index Fund will join iShares emerging-market funds... More »
    November 9, 2009 • EEM, EWZ, VWO
  • ETF Trading Ideas for Upcoming Week by Don Dion
    iShares Transportation (IYT) which tracks a basket of 20 companies from rail, trucking and industrial services is a fairly conservative play on the recovering economy. Top holdings include CSX which reported better than expected results this week and Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. A more... More »
    October 19, 2009 • IYT, CSX, TUR
  • Turkey Takes Flight by Don Dion
    TUR could get caught in an updraft…WATCH NOW  To access my special Market Outlook for 2010 report, click here More »
    October 14, 2009 • TUR
  • Emerging-Market ETFs a Battleground by Don Dion
     Emerging-market investors are out in force, and they know how to spot a deal in the ETF industry. Year to date, assets have flowed out of dominant iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM), while funds have flowed in to lower-cost Vanguard Emerging Markets (VWO). The success of these funds has... More »
    October 14, 2009 • EEM, VWO, IDX
  • ETFs Bring Turkey to Investors by Don Dion
    Seriously, ETFs have allowed U.S. investors to explore and invest in unusual parts of the world in a transparent and liquid way. Since we started convering IShares Turkey ETF (TUR) on my Realmoney blog a few months ago, the fund has gained over 50%. This trajectory could continue as Armenian... More »
    October 14, 2009 • TUR
  • Dent Tactical ETF is Dented by Don Dion
    The Dent Tactical ETF (DENT) from AdvisorShares may very well be the dumbest ETF of 2009. I hesitate to speak so soon, as the ETF industry rapidly expands and three months remain in the calendar year, but this new fund is truly one of the worst ideas I have seen in quite some time. Launched... More »
    September 21, 2009 • DENT, SPY, QQQQ
  • 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
  • Country ETFs Look Very Extended by Jeff Diercks
    At InTrust, we are trend followers and there is no doubt the trend in all equity markets is still up, especially the international markets which have benefited from a falling dollar in addition to a up move in worldwide equity markets.  However, I think we may be different than the average... More »
    September 15, 2009 • EWO, RSX, TUR
  • 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

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