Invesco: Pick your spots in high-yield
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 2:49PM CST
EMAG: 22.20 (+0.04), HYEM: 23.12 (+0.13), PGHY: 23.27 (-0.13), ANGL: 27.22 (-0.13), HYLD: 41.96 (+0.12), UJB: 58.70 (+0.35), EMSH: 74.65 (unch), IHY: 24.47 (+0.11), JNK: 39.43 (+0.10), HYXU: 48.49 (+0.13), SJB: 27.31 (-0.03), XOVR: 26.52 (+0.06), QLTC: 49.15 (unch), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), HYLS: 50.48 (+0.38), EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), EMHY: 47.82 (+0.48), PHB: 19.00 (-0.08), VWOB: 77.15 (+0.29), IJNK: 22.75 (unch), FEMB: 47.50 (-1.06), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), ELD: 41.21 (+0.15), EBND: 27.91 (+0.05)
Are Investors Underestimating The Risks In Emerging Market Bonds?
Lipper Insight at Thomson Reuters - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 8:09AM CST
By Detlef Glow During their chase for yield, a number of investors have added emerging-market bonds to their portfolios, since these bonds seemed to be fairly valued and offered a yield suiting the needs of the investors. But, as always in a long...
EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), EMAG: 22.20 (+0.04), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), ELD: 41.21 (+0.15), VWOB: 77.15 (+0.29), FEMB: 47.50 (-1.06), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), EMSH: 74.65 (unch), EBND: 27.91 (+0.05), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10)
Updating The Baker's Dozen Portfolio: A Slight Modification Of The IVY 10
Lowell Herr - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 2:02PM CST
TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), VEA: 39.68 (+0.28), VOE: 91.87 (+0.27), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), VBR: 107.43 (+0.56), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), RWX: 44.34 (+0.30), SHY: 84.64 (unch), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), VEU: 48.81 (+0.34), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57)
ETFReplay.com Portfolio Update
Scott's Investments - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 8:02PM CST
The ETFReplay.com Portfolio holdings have been updated for February 2015. I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETFReplay.com to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. The portfolio begins with a...
HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), WIP: 55.66 (+0.13), VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), RWX: 44.34 (+0.30), LQD: 120.83 (-0.48), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), SHY: 84.64 (unch), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57)
Weakening Currencies Put Developing Countries' Debt At Risk
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 4:25PM CST
Debts issued in foreign currencies, some of which are not counted in official statistics, are a rising risk to developing economies as the U.K. and U.S. get closer to raising rates. With the Swiss National Bank abandoning the Swiss franc's peg to...
EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), EMAG: 22.20 (+0.04), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), ELD: 41.21 (+0.15), VWOB: 77.15 (+0.29), FEMB: 47.50 (-1.06), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), EMSH: 74.65 (unch), EBND: 27.91 (+0.05), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10)
What Does Russia's Junk Rating Mean?
Mohamed El-Erian - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 8:47AM CST
This post originally appeared on Bloomberg View Standard & Poor's announced Monday that it downgraded Russia's sovereign debt to junk status. Here is a Q&A on the significance of the move. QUESTION: What is the immediate impact of...
EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), EMAG: 22.20 (+0.04), ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), VWOB: 77.15 (+0.29), FEMB: 47.50 (-1.06), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), EMSH: 74.65 (unch), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), ELD: 41.21 (+0.15), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), ERO: 43.16 (unch), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18), EBND: 27.91 (+0.05)
How To Build A Portfolio With Less Risk Than The S&P 500
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 10:11AM CST
VEA: 39.68 (+0.28), XOP: 53.32 (+1.37), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), JNK: 39.43 (+0.10), SCHH: 40.87 (-0.32), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), IYR: 80.31 (-0.44), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), SLV: 16.54 (+0.39), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), GDX: 21.26 (+0.11), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70), GUNR: 32.32 (+0.54), HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), LQD: 120.83 (-0.48), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), PFF: 40.00 (+0.07), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), IAU: 11.89 (+0.06), BND: 82.80 (-0.19)
After Yesterday's Rally of 1.42% Shares Could Potentially Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Jan 23, 4:22PM CST
PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio (NYSE
PCY: 28.51 (-0.04)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Pullback in Shares of PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio After 1.42% Gain
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Jan 23, 4:22PM CST
PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio (NYSE
PCY: 28.51 (-0.04)
Are Foreign Bonds Worth The Risk?
Cullen Roche - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 11:14PM CST
Excellent piece here by Michael Batnick on foreign bonds. Michael and I both agreed that John Bogle was wrong to say that an investor should shun foreign stocks, but what about foreign bonds? There's a lot to like about foreign bonds. Russell...
EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), EMAG: 22.20 (+0.04), VWOB: 77.15 (+0.29), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), FEMB: 47.50 (-1.06), EMSH: 74.65 (unch), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), ELD: 41.21 (+0.15), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), EBND: 27.91 (+0.05), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06)
Enhancing The Permanent Portfolio With Simple Quantitative Techniques
Evangelos Maderakis - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 8:24AM CST
(click to enlarge) There is something very attractive about vintage items that just won't die. They just keep coming back. Same philosophy but better up-to-date technology. It's not just cars. It's investment strategies, too. And like the VW...
VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), CWB: 47.69 (+0.32), SHY: 84.64 (unch), IAU: 11.89 (+0.06), SCHB: 50.97 (+0.24), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
ETFReplay.com Portfolio For December
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 12:48PM CST
The ETFReplay.com Portfolio holdings have been updated for December 2014. I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETFReplay.com to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. The portfolio begins with a...
VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), LQD: 120.83 (-0.48), SHY: 84.64 (unch), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
DTO, PCY, SEP, WNS, HBI, TOO Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Down In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Mon Dec 01, 3:53AM CST
BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of POWERSHARES DB OIL 2X SHORT (NYSE
PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), TOO: 20.51 (+0.25), SEP: 55.10 (+0.19), HBI: 119.12 (+1.27), WNS: 23.12 (+0.36)
Pick And Mix: Fresh Ideas For Diversifying Bond Exposure
AllianceBernstein - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 27, 4:05AM CST
By John Taylor Policy backdrops and growth trajectories around the world are showing increasing signs of divergence. Yet many bond investors continue to congregate in a few selected pockets of the fixed income universe. In our view, it's a perfect...
CMBS: 51.90 (+0.12), EMAG: 22.20 (+0.04), FPE: 19.17 (+0.04), LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), CEMB: 48.68 (-0.12), HYEM: 23.12 (+0.13), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), PGHY: 23.27 (-0.13), EMSH: 74.65 (unch), IHY: 24.47 (+0.11), HYXU: 48.49 (+0.13), SUBD: 25.95 (-0.10), EMCB: 71.33 (+0.16), GHYG: 50.69 (-0.24), EMCD: 28.11 (-0.84), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), DI: 49.57 (+0.02), PICB: 27.60 (+0.01), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), IBND: 32.80 (-0.01), EMHY: 47.82 (+0.48), FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), CRDT: 75.26 (-0.71), VWOB: 77.15 (+0.29), IJNK: 22.75 (unch), FEMB: 47.50 (-1.06), MBSD: 25.19 (-0.01), PGX: 14.84 (-0.04), IPFF: 20.94 (+0.28), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10), SPFF: 14.71 (+0.07), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), ELD: 41.21 (+0.15), PFXF: 21.00 (+0.06), PFF: 40.00 (+0.07), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), PSK: 44.77 (unch), EBND: 27.91 (+0.05)
Emerging Markets Opportunity Still Emerging: A Look At Valuations
ValueWalk - Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 19, 7:10AM CST
By LPL Financial The S&P 500 Index hit another set of fresh record highs last week (November 10?–?14, 2014) and has achieved the midpoint of our total return forecast (10?–15%) for the year with a 12% return year to date. While we...
EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), EMAG: 22.20 (+0.04), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), ELD: 41.21 (+0.15), VWOB: 77.15 (+0.29), FEMB: 47.50 (-1.06), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), EMSH: 74.65 (unch), EBND: 27.91 (+0.05), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10)
First Trust Launches Active Emerging Market Bond ETF (FEMB) - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Nov 14, 7:00AM CST
The latest ETF to target the emerging market bond space comes to us from First Trust.
EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), FEMB: 47.50 (-1.06)
More Emerging Economies Enter Bond Markets
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 10, 5:35PM CST
By Brian Daigle Countries across Africa and Latin America have expressed a desire to begin or expand the sale of government bonds. Markets seem willing to take them up on their offer. Interest in the sale of international government bonds has...
EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), EMAG: 22.20 (+0.04), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), ELD: 41.21 (+0.15), VWOB: 77.15 (+0.29), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), EMSH: 74.65 (unch), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), EBND: 27.91 (+0.05), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10)
First Trust rolls out 3 new funds
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 05, 12:27PM CST
IPO: 24.00 (+0.09), EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), EMAG: 22.20 (+0.04), VWOB: 77.15 (+0.29), FEMB: 47.50 (-1.06), FPXI: 28.37 (+0.42), EMSH: 74.65 (unch), MORL: 19.93 (+0.09), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), FPX: 51.95 (+0.32), ELD: 41.21 (+0.15), MORT: 23.63 (-0.02), IPOS: 20.63 (+0.48), REM: 11.74 (+0.04), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), LMBS: 50.72 (+0.37), EBND: 27.91 (+0.05)
Emerging-Markets Bonds In A Rising U.S. Dollar Environment
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 04, 12:59AM CST
By Patricia Oey The U.S. dollar has been rising and likely will remain strong in the medium term, thanks to a relatively healthier U.S. economy and the expectation that the U.S. will normalize its monetary policy before the eurozone and Japan. In a...
PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27)