ETF Deathwatch For February 2015: Closures Reduce The List
Ron Rowland - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 3:00AM CST
The ETF Deathwatch membership roll contains 15 fewer names this month. There were 11 additions, but 26 managed to escape. Unfortunately, 22 of the escapees exited due to product death and delisting. Just four products left because of improved health....
SINF: 47.80 (unch), SJH: 49.87 (-2.39), SKK: 33.55 (-1.31), SFK: 20.51 (-1.28), UVT: 58.90 (+1.67), CVOL: 0.95 (-0.04), SJL: 61.99 (unch), UKW: 116.13 (+4.04), SDK: 60.50 (-0.50), GYEN: 13.48 (+0.12), UVU: 95.57 (+3.57), FWDI: 27.01 (+0.25), UKF: 136.86 (+4.96), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), TWQ: 18.11 (-0.70), SJF: 30.36 (-1.04), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), UKK: 104.31 (+4.41), UWC: 100.96 (+3.20), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), BARL: 19.19 (unch), UVG: 75.26 (+1.93)
Realized Risk And Returns In Developed Markets
Baijnath Ramraika, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 3:04PM CST
By Baijnath Ramraika, CFA In a paper I co-authored with Prashant Trivedi, we constructed all stock market-cap weighted indices for each one of the twenty-three developed markets included in the MSCI Developed Markets Index as of December 31st,...
MFLA: 190.00 (unch), EFZ: 32.73 (-0.25), VEA: 39.68 (+0.28), HEFA: 26.82 (+0.18), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), FDT: 49.43 (+0.45), DPK: 30.55 (-0.96), EFU: 40.00 (-0.54), FWDI: 27.01 (+0.25), URTH: 73.00 (+0.31), ADRD: 23.54 (+0.20), EFO: 102.75 (unch), DBEF: 28.78 (+0.18), DZK: 65.00 (+0.99), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), IDHQ: 19.81 (+0.23)
ETF Deathwatch For November 2014: 20% Of The Industry
Ron Rowland - Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 26, 4:30AM CST
This was originally published on November 14, 2014 Eighteen zombie ETPs joined ETF Deathwatch this month while six exited due to improved health and nine more were removed because they ceased operations. The net increase of three pushes the overall...
FWDI: 27.01 (+0.25), AXJS: 56.66 (+0.09), BARS: 47.25 (-1.58), CMDT: 42.09 (+0.57), DBIZ: 25.92 (-0.03), BAR: 29.93 (+0.49), MATH: 30.80 (+0.20), CN: 34.87 (+0.34), BCHP: 18.65 (-0.02), BCM: 32.35 (+0.42)
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: 85.39 (+0.23), IWS: 75.61 (+0.10), IWR: 172.51 (+0.82), IWP: 96.90 (+0.78), VO: 127.37 (+0.66), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), EET: 71.75 (+1.52), SYV: 56.58 (+0.90), EEV: 18.10 (-0.44), IWY: 52.15 (+0.20), DBEM: 22.23 (+0.13), IWX: 44.41 (+0.16), EES: 83.16 (+0.62), ADRE: 36.88 (+0.49), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), ADRD: 23.54 (+0.20), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), FTC: 47.74 (+0.03), PWB: 30.11 (+0.17), VBR: 107.43 (+0.56), VLU: 81.38 (unch), SYG: 59.65 (unch), EMFT: 46.34 (-0.16), PWV: 31.71 (+0.11), EDZ: 32.61 (-1.19), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), RWG: 44.68 (unch), GVT: 46.00 (+0.27), VBK: 131.16 (+0.86), VUG: 108.09 (+0.63), DBEF: 28.78 (+0.18), EDC: 25.03 (+0.81), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), EMSA: 81.61 (unch), VEA: 39.68 (+0.28), EMCR: 21.13 (+0.35), SJL: 61.99 (unch), EUM: 25.25 (-0.30), URTH: 73.00 (+0.31), GMM: 65.67 (+0.63), IELG: 32.47 (-0.06), EFZ: 32.73 (-0.25), EWEM: 33.25 (unch), EMDR: 50.00 (-0.01), EEME: 45.57 (+0.77), EFU: 40.00 (-0.54), FWDI: 27.01 (+0.25), EFO: 102.75 (unch), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EFA: 63.82 (+0.42), IDHQ: 19.81 (+0.23), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), MFLA: 190.00 (unch), FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SCHA: 56.51 (+0.33), SCHE: 24.91 (+0.24), UKW: 116.13 (+4.04), SCHG: 53.88 (+0.28), SDK: 60.50 (-0.50), SCHM: 42.58 (+0.28), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), FEM: 22.44 (+0.16), SCHV: 44.39 (+0.19), TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), EMLB: 96.30 (unch), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), HEFA: 26.82 (+0.18), FNX: 54.08 (+0.40), FNY: 30.15 (+0.14), FDT: 49.43 (+0.45), EZY: 66.55 (+0.16), DPK: 30.55 (-0.96), HEEM: 24.53 (+0.14), IFSM: 45.62 (-0.22), FNK: 31.54 (+0.35), FYX: 49.83 (+0.38), SFK: 20.51 (-1.28), MIDU: 107.67 (+1.78), FYT: 33.24 (+0.39), IESM: 32.22 (+0.28), UVU: 95.57 (+3.57), MIDZ: 10.84 (-0.18), EZM: 95.35 (+0.77), TILT: 88.64 (+0.39), DZK: 65.00 (+0.99), CZA: 50.71 (+0.03), EMHZ: 23.51 (+0.86), VOE: 91.87 (+0.27), JKI: 127.14 (+0.16), JKJ: 141.02 (+0.91), JKK: 139.90 (+0.81), JKL: 130.09 (+0.58), JKE: 118.72 (+0.78), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), JKF: 86.27 (+0.16), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), JKG: 152.83 (+0.97), JKH: 161.07 (unch), EWRM: 52.21 (+0.31), VOT: 105.07 (+0.76), FYC: 30.67 (+0.13), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)