iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund Rises 1.19% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Feb 13, 3:47PM CST
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (NYSE:EWJ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $11.90 to a high of $11.96. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.2%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $11.79 on volume of 31.2 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
Ceasefire With Russia, No Deal On Greece
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 6:18AM CST
A ceasefire in the Ukraine appears to have been reached, and despite some confusion late yesterday, no compromise has been struck over the new Greek government's demand that it is recognized that the previous agreements are not working. However,...
FXA: 77.69 (+0.23), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), FXY: 81.87 (+0.09), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), FXS: 118.19 (+0.68), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
Japan soars on yen, machine orders data
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 3:18AM CST
DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), DXJH: 27.88 (unch), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), SCJ: 54.06 (+0.73), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), DFJ: 51.15 (+0.54), DXJS: 31.53 (+0.26), DXJR: 26.71 (+0.58), DXJT: 27.18 (+0.48), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), QJPN: 60.57 (unch), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), DXJC: 26.38 (+0.31)
Market Maker Surveillance Report. PFE, SIRI, AAPL, BLDP, EWJ, RSX, Highest Net Buy Volume With Lowest Price Friction For Wednesday, February 11th 2015
M2 - Thu Feb 12, 1:42AM CST
BUYINS.NET / www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for Wednesday. Since October 2008 market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This Fair Market Making Requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices. On Wednesday there were 5280 companies with "abnormal" market making, 2471 companies with positive Friction Factors and 3635 companies with negative Friction Factors. Here is a list of the top companies with the highest net buy volume on Wednesday and lowest price Friction (bullish). This means that there was more buying than selling in the stocks and their stock prices rose faster with less Friction. Pfizer Inc (NYSE
BLDP: 2.66 (-0.26), PFE: 34.64 (-0.23), RSX: 18.05 (+0.39), AAPL: 127.08 (+0.62), SIRI: 3.83 (-0.07), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
To Hedge Or Not To Hedge?
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 9:28AM CST
By Ben Johnson This is an updated version of an ETF Specialist originally published on Feb. 19, 2014. Currency-hedged exchange-traded funds have come into vogue of late in the United States. Investor interest was first piqued by the...
DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
GRI's Weekly Risk Outlook
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 7:04AM CST
Eurozone Q4 2014 figures to reflect a moderate growth acceleration. Japanese Q4 2014 data expected to show that the Nippon economy is no longer in contraction. Central Banks of Peru and Chile to hold interest rates steady until inflation outlook...
FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), EPU: 30.81 (+0.36), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), JPP: 44.14 (unch), ECH: 41.02 (+0.50), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59)
Kuroda's New Team Member - Yutaka Harada
Lars Christensen - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 11:43PM CST
If monetary policy is credible and strictly rules based, who is running the central bank has little importance. However, if the central bank has not established full credibility then who is running the show will actually be important. Therefore, last...
EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
More stimulus on the way as dove joins BOJ board?
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 2:36PM CST
JGBL: 21.50 (unch), JYN: 48.15 (unch), DXJF: 24.98 (+0.57), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), JGBT: 25.51 (-0.04), FXY: 81.87 (+0.09), JGBS: 18.30 (unch), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), YCL: 14.33 (+0.04), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), YCS: 87.47 (-0.07), JPP: 44.14 (unch), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), JGBB: 49.57 (+0.11), JGBD: 15.54 (+0.04)
Global Economy Expands At A Modestly Faster Pace In January
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 10:23AM CST
Growth picked up a bit at the start of the new year for the global economy, according to business survey data for January. The JPMorgan Global All-Industry Output Index ticked higher last month, rising to 52.8 from December's 14-month low of 52.4. (A...
EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), QESP: 49.40 (unch), DBGR: 26.56 (+0.02), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), YINN: 38.57 (+0.69), CHXF: 53.10 (+0.30), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), NKY: 17.98 (+0.14), DAX: 27.55 (+0.02), ITF: 51.12 (+0.79), FXP: 38.91 (-0.47), DBJP: 38.86 (+0.50), FGM: 38.07 (-0.20), PGJ: 28.89 (+0.28), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), JPP: 44.14 (unch), FCA: 23.21 (+0.38), YAO: 28.18 (+0.30), EZJ: 86.49 (+2.11), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), GXC: 81.15 (+0.54), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), XPP: 73.36 (+0.86), JPNL: 47.02 (+1.91), DXGE: 29.14 (+0.01), QDEU: 56.04 (+1.47), MCHI: 52.12 (+0.31), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01), EWV: 57.41 (-1.86), YANG: 9.94 (-0.17), HEWJ: 28.57 (+0.39), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), FJP: 47.44 (+0.59), YXI: 27.30 (unch), CN: 34.87 (+0.34)
Yesterday's Euro-Phoria Eases, Market Awaits ADP And Oil Supply Figures
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 5:55AM CST
The powerful bout of long dollar liquidation, spurred by optimism that the new Greek government had moved away from its posturing about debt forgiveness, has largely faded today. The ECB is reportedly rejecting Greece's request to be allowed to...
DIG: 57.30 (+2.23), FXA: 77.69 (+0.23), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), FXY: 81.87 (+0.09), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
Which Countries Managed The Great Recession Better?
Antonio Fatas - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 12:28AM CST
As we compare countries' performance since the beginning of the global financial crisis we try to look for patterns that explain differences in behavior and lessons on how to handle the next crisis. When doing that comparison we sometimes forget that...
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), EIRL: 36.76 (+0.06), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), QESP: 49.40 (unch), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
The Bull In Winter
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 12:05AM CST
DBE: 17.43 (+0.30), DBB: 15.26 (unch), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), DBA: 23.57 (+0.21), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), IWD: 105.39 (+0.32), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), SLV: 16.54 (+0.39), ACWX: 44.67 (+0.34), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
So Long, January
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 31, 8:36AM CST
Markets really could have gone either way this afternoon, but they ended up taking a decidedly negative turn over the final 90 minutes of trading, and it left market bulls licking their wounds for the month of January. Below is a look at the...
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), EWH: 21.78 (+0.10), EWG: 29.19 (-0.01), UNG: 14.22 (+0.34), EWC: 28.08 (+0.10), EWQ: 26.18 (+0.03), EWP: 34.41 (+0.42), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28), INP: 76.71 (+1.22), EWW: 59.10 (+0.32), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), SLV: 16.54 (+0.39), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
Retirement: U.S. ETFs Catch Eye Of NorthCoast's Jamin
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Jan 30, 5:32PM CST
NorthCoast Asset Management is betting on the U.S. As 2015 gets underway, NorthCoast's ETF retirement portfolios are rich with U.S. exchange traded funds. The strategy is based in part on macroeconomic sentiment. "The U.S. economy is strengthening,"...
IJR: 115.87 (+0.63), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), MBB: 109.88 (+0.03), CLY: 62.03 (-0.40), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
Look for Shares of iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund to Potentially Rebound after Yesterday's 1.71% Sell Off
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Jan 30, 4:14PM CST
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (NYSE:EWJ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $11.48 to a high of $11.61. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.7%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $11.57 on volume of 28.1 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
Watch for iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund to Potentially Rebound After Falling 1.71% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Jan 30, 4:13PM CST
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (NYSE:EWJ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $11.48 to a high of $11.61. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.7%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $11.57 on volume of 28.1 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
Flash PMI Surveys Paint Downbeat Picture Of Global Manufacturing
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 7:00AM CST
Markit's flash manufacturing PMI data for January revealed the first insight into global economic trends at the start of the year, and provided little cause for celebration. Alongside recent falls in inflation rates globally, the downbeat picture of...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), SINF: 47.80 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14), RINF: 30.25 (+0.05), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), RWV: 49.30 (unch), PGJ: 28.89 (+0.28), INFL: 39.28 (+0.47), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27)
Thoughts About Investing In Japan
Steven Towns - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 4:24PM CST
DXJ: 51.69 (+0.57), TM: 132.49 (+0.67), IIJI: 10.30 (-0.10), EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund Set to Possibly Pullback After Yesterday's Rally of 1.13%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Jan 26, 4:33PM CST
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (NYSE:EWJ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $11.53 to a high of $11.62. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.1%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $11.53 on volume of 15.9 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Pullback in Shares of iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund After 1.13% Gain
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Jan 26, 4:33PM CST
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (NYSE:EWJ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $11.53 to a high of $11.62. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.1%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $11.53 on volume of 15.9 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EWJ: 11.93 (+0.14)