Major Asset Classes Nov. 2014 Performance Review
James Picerno - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 2:14PM CST
US equities (Russell 3000) took the lead with performance among the major asset classes in November, posting a solid 2.4% total return. US real estate investment trusts (REITs) were in close pursuit with a 2.0% advance, which builds on...
MORT: 25.22 (-0.09), REM: 12.65 (-0.02), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), COMT: 46.10 (-0.49), LMBS: 50.75 (+0.32), MORL: 22.22 (-0.09), IWV: 123.08 (-0.19)
NorthCoast ETF Retirement Portfolios Stick With IVV
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Nov 28, 6:00PM CST
NorthCoast Asset Management's ETF retirement portfolios are wrapping up 2014 with more gains. In November, U.S. equity positions have kept their momentum as leading indicators pointed to a strengthening economy in the U.S.. Foreign holdings have also...
IJH: 144.29 (-0.25), MUB: 109.80 (+0.07), EZU: 38.43 (-0.20), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), CLY: 60.61 (+0.12), IVV: 209.05 (-0.25), EPP: 46.07 (-0.01), EWJ: 11.74 (-0.03)
Can You Handle An All-Weather Portfolio?
David Fabian - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 20, 10:57PM CST
VOO: 190.46 (-0.19), DJP: 32.29 (-0.03), IEF: 105.69 (+0.37), GLD: 115.88 (-0.45), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), VEU: 48.89 (-0.15), TLT: 121.80 (+1.01)
Look for Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund to Potentially Pullback after Yesterday's 1.09% Rise
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Nov 18, 3:37PM CST
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (NYSE:EFA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $63.54 to a high of $63.91. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.1%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $63.40 on volume of 19.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EFA: 63.82 (-0.21)
Are Single-Country ETFs Right for Your Investment Portfolio?
at The Street - Sat Nov 15, 6:00AM CST
ETF investors have a plethora of ways to access international exposure in their portfolios, from single-country sector funds to broad-based global indices.
DXJ: 56.80 (+0.10), VWO: 41.54 (-0.05), RSX: 18.66 (-0.51), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), EWJ: 11.74 (-0.03)
IDV Delivers Yield, But Not Much Else
Matthew Sauer, Esq. - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 07, 3:39PM CST
DVY: 79.18 (-0.13), IDV: 35.50 (-0.07), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21)
Relative Performance: S&P 500, Dow Jones Stoxx 600 And Nikkei
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 30, 11:39AM CDT
This Great Graphic , created on Bloomberg, shows performance of three major indices since the start of the year. The white line is the US S&P 500. It has clearly outperformed Dow Jones Stoxx 600 (yellow line) and the Nikkei (green line). ...
SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), FXY: 81.27 (unch), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), EWJ: 11.74 (-0.03)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Pullback in Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund After 1.52% Gain
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Oct 28, 3:49PM CDT
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (NYSE:EFA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $62.45 to a high of $62.83. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.5%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $62.25 on volume of 14.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EFA: 63.82 (-0.21)
The Real Reason The ECB Didn't Model For Deflation
The Financial Lexicon - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 28, 3:44AM CDT
EWI: 14.52 (-0.25), EWP: 38.23 (-0.56), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), VEU: 48.89 (-0.15)
How To Invest Like The Ivy League Endowments With ETFs
Prateek Mehrotra - Seeking Alpha - Mon Oct 27, 2:47PM CDT
The investing strategy used by the country's largest endowments aim to preserve capital while producing income and appreciation with less correlation to the stock market regardless of market conditions. The endowment style investing doesn't call for...
GUNR: 32.55 (-0.38), AMLP: 18.13 (+0.09), RLY: 27.56 (-0.13), IGF: 43.53 (+0.16), DBC: 20.22 (-0.06), BDCS: 23.74 (-0.11), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), CSD: 45.81 (-0.32), FPX: 50.31 (-0.04), RWX: 42.72 (-0.50), QAI: 30.03 (unch), PSP: 11.29 (unch), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), VWO: 41.54 (-0.05), BND: 82.52 (+0.14), VNQ: 81.00 (+0.21), FORX: 46.60 (-0.18), BWX: 55.97 (+0.13), WOOD: 52.61 (+0.17), PKW: 47.63 (-0.10)
Victory For The Bears
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Oct 25, 10:44AM CDT
SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56)
No Market Is An Island
Nanette Abuhoff Jacobson - Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 24, 4:21PM CDT
As the final quarter of the year begins, I sense that we've entered a new regime - one defined by the interplay among central bank policies in the U.S., Europe, and Japan and their impact across asset classes. The U.S. is nearing its first rate hike...
VTV: 85.21 (-0.06), IWS: 73.82 (-0.10), IWR: 167.49 (-0.13), IWP: 93.51 (-0.14), VO: 124.75 (-0.14), IEFA: 57.96 (-0.15), EET: 71.83 (+0.48), SYV: 56.25 (unch), EEV: 18.87 (-0.06), IWY: 51.16 (-0.05), DBEM: 22.34 (+0.08), IWX: 44.67 (-0.14), EES: 80.94 (-0.47), ADRE: 37.67 (-0.07), EEM: 40.96 (+0.07), ADRD: 23.68 (-0.13), VB: 116.65 (-0.37), EEH: 33.90 (-4.09), FTC: 46.65 (+0.03), PWB: 29.24 (+0.02), VBR: 105.98 (-0.33), VLU: 87.70 (+0.05), SYG: 59.48 (unch), EMFT: 48.08 (unch), PWV: 31.58 (-0.05), EDZ: 35.05 (-0.16), SYE: 58.10 (unch), RWG: 47.87 (unch), GVT: 46.75 (-0.30), VBK: 125.44 (-0.52), VUG: 105.50 (-0.06), DBEF: 28.68 (-0.12), EDC: 25.14 (+0.09), IWL: 47.24 (-0.11), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), VEA: 39.54 (-0.06), EMCR: 21.35 (+0.01), SJL: 63.83 (unch), EUM: 25.69 (-0.04), URTH: 73.11 (-0.32), GMM: 65.72 (-0.32), IELG: 32.10 (-0.13), EFZ: 33.34 (+0.14), EWEM: 33.48 (+0.05), EMDR: 50.00 (-0.01), EEME: 47.20 (-0.25), EFU: 41.55 (+0.25), FWDI: 27.27 (-0.08), EFO: 104.52 (unch), FWDD: 42.55 (unch), VV: 95.32 (-0.12), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), IDHQ: 19.34 (unch), IEMG: 49.21 (+0.08), MFLA: 190.00 (unch), FEX: 45.52 (-0.13), SCHA: 54.28 (-0.19), SCHE: 25.24 (-0.01), UKW: 117.74 (unch), SCHG: 52.09 (-0.03), SDK: 61.32 (unch), SCHM: 40.59 (-0.08), ERW: 56.78 (+1.17), FEM: 23.02 (-0.05), SCHV: 44.63 (-0.04), TIP: 112.65 (+0.22), EMLB: 96.30 (+2.30), SCHX: 49.52 (-0.04), HEFA: 26.01 (+0.04), FNX: 52.46 (-0.34), FNY: 29.11 (-0.11), FDT: 48.69 (-0.06), EZY: 64.62 (unch), DPK: 32.52 (+0.30), HEEM: 24.43 (-0.01), IFSM: 45.62 (-0.22), FNK: 30.81 (-0.23), FYX: 47.71 (-0.29), SFK: 20.76 (-0.03), MIDU: 96.15 (-0.46), FYT: 31.84 (-0.25), IESM: 31.30 (-0.03), UVU: 93.43 (+0.73), MIDZ: 12.74 (+0.09), EZM: 92.48 (-0.28), TILT: 87.90 (-0.08), DZK: 64.65 (-0.75), CZA: 49.86 (-0.16), EMHZ: 24.33 (-0.06), VOE: 90.29 (-0.15), JKI: 124.19 (-0.15), JKJ: 136.43 (-1.01), JKK: 131.99 (-1.20), JKL: 128.44 (-0.54), JKE: 114.02 (-0.27), EQL: 57.18 (-0.07), JKF: 86.66 (-0.32), VWO: 41.54 (-0.05), JKG: 148.01 (-0.15), JKH: 155.05 (-1.04), EWRM: 50.66 (-0.24), VOT: 102.47 (-0.04), FYC: 29.25 (-0.26), JKD: 124.70 (-0.14)
Watch for iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 1.01% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Oct 23, 3:49PM CDT
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (NYSE:EFA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $61.74 to a high of $62.21. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.0%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $61.88 on volume of 14.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EFA: 63.82 (-0.21)
Bulls Vs. Bears: Who Will Win?
Bill Gunderson - Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 21, 3:32AM CDT
The stock market Bulls have been right for almost 6 years. They have been crushing the Bears since March of 2009. It hasn't even been a close contest. During this time, the S&P 500 has gone from 666 to a peak of over 2,000 in mid-September of...
SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), SH: 21.74 (+0.04), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56), RWM: 15.96 (+0.11), DOG: 23.29 (+0.02)
QE Forever Is What Stocks Want
The Financial Lexicon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 16, 10:50AM CDT
At 10:22 am Eastern this morning, I was following various securities on my trading screen when all of a sudden the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY ) jumped eight points in seconds. That was followed by another nine-point jump a minute later. What caused...
JNK: 39.17 (-0.04), HYG: 90.38 (-0.06), EEM: 40.96 (+0.07), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), AGG: 110.09 (+0.33), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), VWO: 41.54 (-0.05), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56), VEU: 48.89 (-0.15)
One Thing Stock Market Investors Need To Understand
The Financial Lexicon - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 15, 1:31AM CDT
EEM: 40.96 (+0.07), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), VWO: 41.54 (-0.05), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56), VEU: 48.89 (-0.15)
Watch for iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund to Potentially Rebound After Falling 2.68% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Oct 09, 3:40PM CDT
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (NYSE:EFA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $61.23 to a high of $62.51. Yesterday, the shares fell 2.7%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $61.85 on volume of 23.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EFA: 63.82 (-0.21)
MDSO, EPP, AAXJ, EFA, TREE, JRJC Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Up In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Wed Oct 08, 3:19AM CDT
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AAXJ: 62.68 (+0.38), JRJC: 7.43 (+0.57), MDSO: 42.36 (-0.53), TREE: 44.23 (-0.51), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), EPP: 46.07 (-0.01)
Look for Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund to Potentially Rebound after Yesterday's 1.19% Sell Off
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Oct 01, 3:41PM CDT
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (NYSE:EFA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $63.23 to a high of $63.83. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.2%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $63.85 on volume of 21.2 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EFA: 63.82 (-0.21)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund After 1.47% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Sep 25, 3:42PM CDT
iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (NYSE:EFA) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $64.43 to a high of $65.12. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.5%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $64.95 on volume of 15.4 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EFA: 63.82 (-0.21)