ETF Flows Set A Fresh Record In 2014
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 2:00AM CST
By Michael Rawson The $241 billion of inflows into U.S. exchange-traded funds in 2014 were the strongest ever and topped the $190 billion inflow in 2012. Strong flows and market appreciation helped push assets to $2 trillion, and that milestone...
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), LQD: 121.13 (+0.23), AGG: 111.12 (+0.09), BND: 83.30 (+0.11), THRK: 151.08 (-1.51), IEMG: 46.89 (-0.35), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75)
After Yesterday's Rally of 1.70% Shares Could Potentially Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Jan 08, 3:37PM CST
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States (NYSE:EEM) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $39.26 to a high of $39.58. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.7%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $38.77 on volume of 54.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Pullback in Shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States After 1.70% Gain
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Jan 08, 3:37PM CST
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States (NYSE:EEM) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $39.26 to a high of $39.58. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.7%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $38.77 on volume of 54.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32)
International Growth Stocks: Seeking Strong Companies Amid Mixed Macro Signals
Invesco US - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 10:46AM CST
By Clas Olsson Surveying the international landscape, we see a variety of bright spots, as well as concerns, in every region. Below, we offer a brief overview of some of the positives and negatives - and we highlight potential areas of...
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), IEV: 41.36 (unch), FCA: 23.15 (-0.35), EWJ: 11.09 (-0.04)
Five Market Predictions For 2015
Matthew Castel - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 8:46AM CST
In the sixth-century BC, poet and philosopher Lao Tzu observed the following: "Those who have knowledge don't predict. Those who predict don't have knowledge." I agree with Mr. Tzu and don't presume to be a seer yet despite his wise...
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), VGK: 50.99 (-0.01), ERY: 25.03 (+2.02), RMD: 58.69 (+0.53), PFE: 32.77 (+0.12), AZN: 70.79 (+1.35), SRCL: 132.32 (+0.40), EFA: 59.50 (-0.14), DWTI: 181.01 (+23.40)
Prospects For Silver In 2015
Ben Lockhart - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 2:48PM CST
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), SIVR: 16.30 (+0.13), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), SLV: 15.87 (+0.10), EWZ: 35.32 (-0.85)
Emerging Markets Start 2015 - The Good News Is We Are Range Bound
Emerging Money - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 3:07PM CST
By Tim Seymour As we see global markets getting a fresh dose of new year reality on the back of plunging energy prices ("price is NOT truth" in our view) and "Grexit" conversations, it's nice to see that emerging market equities...
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), EDZ: 38.04 (+0.87), EDC: 22.32 (-0.57), VWO: 39.74 (-0.36), EEV: 20.00 (+0.34), SCHE: 23.81 (-0.19), IEMG: 46.89 (-0.35)
The Commodities Crash Playbook: A Long Overdue Rewrite And Revision
Dr. Duru - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 12:31PM CST
JOY: 43.34 (-0.85), SGG: 37.72 (-0.57), CCJ: 15.45 (-0.30), BAL: 40.71 (-0.63), JO: 32.40 (-0.98), DBA: 24.66 (-0.18), FXA: 81.64 (-0.45), STX: 65.04 (-1.40), RJI: 5.97 (-0.12), REMX: 24.42 (-0.54), UUP: 24.38 (unch), GSG: 19.52 (-0.55), RJA: 7.27 (-0.11), EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), NIB: 38.18 (-0.27), ERY: 25.03 (+2.02), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), DE: 85.45 (-0.20), CORN: 26.83 (+0.18), CAT: 86.89 (-0.76), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
2015 Investment Outlook: Emerging Markets Still Global Growth Drivers
Franklin Templeton Investments - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 3:48AM CST
By Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets Group We at Templeton Emerging Markets Group believe high economic growth rates will remain a key attraction of many emerging markets in 2015. Even with major economies like Brazil and...
EMFT: 44.75 (unch), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), EWEM: 32.08 (-0.17), EDZ: 38.04 (+0.87), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EMCR: 20.08 (unch), EET: 66.45 (-1.35), EEV: 20.00 (+0.34), DBEM: 21.35 (-0.28), SCHE: 23.81 (-0.19), XSOE: 24.32 (+0.76), EUM: 26.47 (+0.18), EEME: 42.42 (-0.57), EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), ADRE: 35.22 (-0.47), HEEM: 23.34 (-0.15), FEM: 21.57 (-0.26), VWO: 39.74 (-0.36), EDC: 22.32 (-0.57), IEMG: 46.89 (-0.35), GMM: 62.99 (-0.50)
Late-year exit sent emerging market outflows sharply higher in 2014
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 2:16PM CST
EMCR: 20.08 (unch), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EET: 66.45 (-1.35), EEV: 20.00 (+0.34), SCHE: 23.81 (-0.19), DBEM: 21.35 (-0.28), XSOE: 24.32 (+0.76), EUM: 26.47 (+0.18), ADRE: 35.22 (-0.47), EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), FEM: 21.57 (-0.26), GMM: 62.99 (-0.50), EEB: 28.66 (-0.51), BKF: 35.31 (-0.36), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), EMFT: 44.75 (unch), EWEM: 32.08 (-0.17), EDZ: 38.04 (+0.87), EEME: 42.42 (-0.57), HEEM: 23.34 (-0.15), BIK: 22.14 (-0.33), EDC: 22.32 (-0.57), VWO: 39.74 (-0.36), EMDD: 22.51 (-0.27), IEMG: 46.89 (-0.35)
A Market Needing To Resolve Divergences In 2015
David I. Templeton, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 7:13AM CST
As 2014 has come to a close, investors have turned their attention to 2015 and looking for clues as to what the market and economy have in store for the new year. Below are divergences that unfolded in 2014 which raises the question of how they will...
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), HYG: 89.99 (-0.11), IEI: 123.83 (+0.27), EFA: 59.50 (-0.14), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
No Rate Increase In 2015
Roger McKinney - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 5:03AM CST
Mainstream economists and financial experts warned us early in 2014 to stay away from bonds because the Fed would raise interest rates and as everyone knows rising interest rates shoot buckshot-sized holes in bond portfolios. So most people avoided...
EMSA: 81.61 (unch), EMCR: 20.08 (unch), EET: 66.45 (-1.35), TFI: 24.40 (+0.06), EEV: 20.00 (+0.34), SCHE: 23.81 (-0.19), DBEM: 21.35 (-0.28), XSOE: 24.32 (+0.76), EUM: 26.47 (+0.18), PVI: 24.95 (unch), ADRE: 35.22 (-0.47), EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), RVNU: 26.48 (+0.04), VRD: 29.85 (-0.07), PRB: 24.39 (+0.06), FEM: 21.57 (-0.26), GMM: 62.99 (-0.50), EMFT: 44.75 (unch), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), EWEM: 32.08 (-0.17), EDZ: 38.04 (+0.87), MUB: 111.16 (+0.13), XMPT: 26.71 (-0.02), FMB: 51.74 (-0.07), EEME: 42.42 (-0.57), HEEM: 23.34 (-0.15), EDC: 22.32 (-0.57), VWO: 39.74 (-0.36), PZA: 25.71 (+0.06), IEMG: 46.89 (-0.35)
Emerging Markets Scorecard 2014 - Which Will Outperform In 2015?
Far Horizon - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 04, 5:41PM CST
FRN: 13.34 (-0.11), EGPT: 57.82 (-1.05), THD: 77.66 (-0.88), EPHE: 38.76 (-0.18), VNM: 18.85 (-0.14), TUR: 57.03 (+0.27), EPU: 31.76 (-0.10), EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), EWY: 56.09 (+0.01), EPI: 22.51 (+0.09), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), FM: 29.93 (+0.02), VWO: 39.74 (-0.36), GXG: 11.97 (-0.14), ECH: 38.81 (-0.03), EIDO: 26.49 (-0.14), EPOL: 23.89 (-0.19), FXI: 41.90 (-0.38)
Low Risk And Long-Term Success Portfolio Update 2015
AlphaIdeas - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 03, 6:27AM CST
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), BSV: 80.27 (+0.02), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), XLK: 40.77 (-0.48), VYM: 68.10 (-0.45), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), SLB: 78.05 (-3.17), XLV: 70.24 (+0.03), SCHF: 28.24 (-0.11)
Watch for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States to Potentially Rebound After Falling 1.32% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Jan 02, 3:35PM CST
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States (NYSE:EEM) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $38.67 to a high of $39.21. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.3%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $39.12 on volume of 63.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States After 1.32% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Jan 02, 3:34PM CST
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States (NYSE:EEM) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $38.67 to a high of $39.21. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.3%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $39.12 on volume of 63.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32)
In Defense Of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility ETF
Stanford Chemist - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 10:52AM CST
EEHB: 20.62 (-0.22), EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), PIE: 17.34 (-0.18), PXH: 18.47 (-0.24), EEMV: 56.55 (-0.27), EELV: 25.14 (-0.08)
Ishares cutting (and boosting) fees on numerous ETFs
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 10:34AM CST
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), EWH: 20.78 (+0.19), EWG: 26.91 (+0.16), EZA: 64.75 (-0.74), EWD: 30.63 (-0.10), EWC: 27.20 (-0.44), THD: 77.66 (-0.88), EWQ: 23.99 (+0.14), EWP: 32.26 (-0.07), EWO: 14.84 (-0.09), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), EPHE: 38.76 (-0.18), EWM: 12.93 (-0.05), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), EWJ: 11.09 (-0.04), EPU: 31.76 (-0.10), EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), EIRL: 33.45 (-0.35), EWA: 22.24 (-0.26), ECH: 38.81 (-0.03), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), INDA: 30.69 (+0.19), BKF: 35.31 (-0.36), EIS: 46.38 (-0.07), ECNS: 45.21 (-0.44), SCJ: 51.12 (-0.20), EZU: 35.21 (+0.10), MCHI: 50.85 (-0.47), EWZS: 13.28 (-0.51), TUR: 57.03 (+0.27), EWW: 58.36 (-0.85), EWY: 56.09 (+0.01), EWS: 12.71 (-0.08), EWT: 14.73 (-0.12), ENZL: 40.33 (+0.07), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), EPOL: 23.89 (-0.19), EIDO: 26.49 (-0.14), EWZ: 35.32 (-0.85)
2015 Outlook: Pain
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 3:09AM CST
XLB: 48.29 (-0.11), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), KRE: 37.67 (-0.40), XLP: 48.96 (-0.15), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), FXB: 149.02 (+0.09), XLK: 40.77 (-0.48), FM: 29.93 (+0.02), XLI: 55.04 (-0.38), FXE: 116.53 (-0.08), KIE: 64.69 (-0.61), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20), EIS: 46.38 (-0.07), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), IEF: 108.35 (+0.38), XLY: 70.51 (-0.38), FXY: 82.22 (+0.15), UL: 40.46 (+0.61), GSK: 42.93 (+0.13), XLU: 47.27 (-0.11), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), UUP: 24.38 (unch), XLV: 70.24 (+0.03), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), ENZL: 40.33 (+0.07), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), EFA: 59.50 (-0.14), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), ACWX: 42.08 (-0.17), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
Selecting An Emerging Markets Value ETF
Stanford Chemist - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 1:53AM CST
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), PXH: 18.47 (-0.24), EVAL: 43.21 (+0.89), TLTE: 49.00 (-0.31)