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)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund After 2.93% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Feb 10, 3:53PM CST
iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSE:EWZ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $33.55 to a high of $34.36. Yesterday, the shares fell 2.9%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $34.15 on volume of 14.2 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57)
After Yesterday's Decline of 2.93%, iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund Offers Investors Better Value
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Feb 10, 3:52PM CST
iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSE:EWZ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $33.55 to a high of $34.36. Yesterday, the shares fell 2.9%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $34.15 on volume of 14.2 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57)
Brazil: An Ocean Of Losses - Swimming Naked When The Tide Went Out...
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 5:21AM CST
FBZ: 13.92 (unch), PBR: 6.98 (+0.44), BZQ: 84.80 (-2.79), BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), UBR: 25.68 (+0.84), DBBR: 12.77 (+0.26), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57)
Gold Turned Upside Down
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 07, 10:21AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider After having been subjected to the serious temper of the "dollar" for much of the past few years, with requisite calm periods interspersed, the Brazilian economy is finally reaching the epic inevitability of it all....
FBZ: 13.92 (unch), SGOL: 120.32 (+0.59), BZQ: 84.80 (-2.79), BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), OUNZ: 12.26 (+0.06), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), UBR: 25.68 (+0.84), IAU: 11.89 (+0.06), DBBR: 12.77 (+0.26), AGOL: 121.01 (-0.19), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57)
After Yesterday's Decline of 3.04%, iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund Offers Investors Better Value
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Feb 06, 3:41PM CST
iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSE:EWZ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $34.16 to a high of $34.61. Yesterday, the shares fell 3.0%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $34.61 on volume of 17.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57)
iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund Set to Possibly Rebound After Yesterday's Selloff of 3.04%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Feb 06, 3:40PM CST
iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSE:EWZ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $34.16 to a high of $34.61. Yesterday, the shares fell 3.0%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $34.61 on volume of 17.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57)
Latin American Corporate Finance: Is There A Dark Corner?
Otaviano Canuto - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 12:26PM CST
Since last year there has been much talk of possible financial stress stemming from increased debt leverage in non-financial corporates of emerging markets economies. A recent study has brought to light some key evidence on the Latin American case ...
FBZ: 13.92 (unch), EPU: 30.81 (+0.36), EWW: 59.10 (+0.32), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), BZQ: 84.80 (-2.79), BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), UMX: 33.52 (+1.32), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), ECH: 41.02 (+0.50), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), ICOL: 17.45 (+0.22)
Recession Ahead For Brazil?
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 1:34PM CST
With fiscal adjustment in progress, Brazil’s new Finance Minister announces a trimester of negative growth. However, adverse conditions in the international economy and a severe energy crisis raise concerns over whether 2015 is bound to be a...
FBZ: 13.92 (unch), BZQ: 84.80 (-2.79), BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), BRAF: 8.01 (+0.42), BRXX: 9.86 (+0.20), BRAZ: 9.39 (+0.06), UBR: 25.68 (+0.84), DBBR: 12.77 (+0.26), BRF: 18.11 (+0.17), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), BRAQ: 12.43 (+0.14), EWZS: 12.18 (+0.19)
The Brazilian Stock Market Is Approaching A Major Support Level
Peter Arendas - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 11:11PM CST
PBR: 6.98 (+0.44), VALE: 8.05 (+0.32), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57)
Caveat Emptor: The 7 Most Underperforming 3x Leveraged ETFs Over The Last Year
Force Majeure - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 9:37PM CST
BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), UNG: 14.22 (+0.34), RUSS: 11.59 (-0.81), DSLV: 50.26 (-4.39), ERY: 17.74 (-1.21), GDXJ: 27.00 (+0.38), DGAZ: 7.10 (-0.49), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), UGAZ: 2.97 (+0.18), DUST: 13.46 (-0.20), RSX: 18.05 (+0.39), SLV: 16.54 (+0.39), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), GDX: 21.26 (+0.11), JDST: 8.63 (-0.38), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
Can Monetary Policy Turn Argentina Into Japan?
Michael Pettis - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 5:35AM CST
Monetary policy is as much about politics as it is economics. It affects the ways in which wealth is created, allocated, and retained and it determines the balance of power between providers of capital and users of capital. In January one of my...
INP: 76.71 (+1.22), ARGT: 19.94 (+0.24), PGJ: 28.89 (+0.28), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27)
My Weekly Commentary: Dangerous Games Of Chicken
Doug Noland - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 8:01AM CST
It's difficult to imagine more challenging analysis. The global nature of the current Credit Bubble creates dynamics and complexities dissimilar to previous Bubble cycles. There are extraordinary uncertainties - in hyper-speculative global markets,...
TUR: 52.00 (-0.06), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), RSX: 18.05 (+0.39), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01)
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)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 3:30PM CST
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), VXX: 30.97 (-0.38), UNG: 14.22 (+0.34), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), GAZ: 1.44 (-0.01), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), BRF: 18.11 (+0.17), ILF: 31.60 (+0.44), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
Watch for iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund to Potentially Rebound After Falling 2.70% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Jan 28, 4:00PM CST
iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSE:EWZ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $35.89 to a high of $36.55. Yesterday, the shares fell 2.7%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $36.05 on volume of 14.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57)
iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund Set to Possibly Rebound After Yesterday's Selloff of 2.70%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Jan 28, 3:59PM CST
iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (NYSE:EWZ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $35.89 to a high of $36.55. Yesterday, the shares fell 2.7%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $36.05 on volume of 14.3 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57)
Restructuring My Dividend Portfolio, Part 2: The Portfolio Structure
Ong Kang Wei - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 7:53PM CST
ARLP: 39.29 (+1.84), LMT: 196.95 (-0.53), HIFS: 87.30 (-0.90), KMB: 111.00 (+0.82), XOM: 93.37 (+1.00), KRFT: 64.42 (-1.75), O: 52.01 (+0.32), WEC: 50.96 (-1.31), BNS: 53.90 (+0.63), T: 34.66 (+0.05), JNJ: 99.62 (+1.18), DNP: 10.50 (-0.03), CAT: 85.13 (+1.60), GDX: 21.26 (+0.11), KO: 41.99 (-0.18), HCP: 42.87 (+0.20), COP: 69.88 (+1.84), TGH: 33.45 (-0.27), MO: 54.76 (-0.78), SO: 45.88 (-0.68), PM: 82.87 (-0.82), TJX: 69.24 (+0.36), WPC: 70.82 (-0.64), OHI: 40.61 (-0.06), MCD: 95.65 (+0.56), RSX: 18.05 (+0.39), PG: 85.90 (-0.13), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), CVX: 112.78 (+1.92), GIS: 52.48 (-0.45), ROST: 96.18 (+0.51), NVS: 102.20 (-0.17)
At The Crossroads Of Emerging And Frontier Markets
Igor Tsukerman - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 10:12AM CST
EMHZ: 23.51 (+0.86), FRN: 13.64 (+0.17), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), EMBB: 58.76 (-0.37), BLK: 376.04 (+1.16), EMFM: 23.49 (+0.25), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), RSX: 18.05 (+0.39), FM: 30.23 (+0.32), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57), INDA: 32.95 (+0.32), FXI: 42.98 (+0.27), BBRC: 19.99 (+0.07)
Brazil's Painful Return To Orthodoxy Favors Bonds, Not Stocks
Mehran Nakhjavani - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 12:48AM CST
After being humiliated by mega scandals, the chastened and newly-re-elected President Dilma Roussef has promised change. And change has come in the form of market-friendly Finance Minister, Joaquim Levy and an unshackled monetary policy committee...
FBZ: 13.92 (unch), BZQ: 84.80 (-2.79), BRZU: 7.37 (+0.36), UBR: 25.68 (+0.84), DBBR: 12.77 (+0.26), EWZ: 35.05 (+0.57)