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Global Sector PMI Highlights Broad-Based Fall In Prices In January
Markit - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 5:03AM CST
The first batch of global sector PMI™ data from Markit for 2015 saw a number of sectors register falling input prices, most notably chemicals. The beverages sector registered the strongest increase in output, but banking activity declined for...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), RGRO: 52.79 (+0.61), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Time To Act On The G-20 Agenda: The Global Economy Will Thank You
iMFdirect - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 6:54AM CST
By Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Implementation, investment, and inclusiveness: these three policy goals will dominate the G-20 agenda this year, including the first meeting of finance ministers and...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), RGRO: 52.79 (+0.61), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), GRN: 9.40 (+0.21), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
RevenueShares rolls out a global growth fund
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:34AM CST
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), RGRO: 52.79 (+0.61), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Global PMI Surveys Signal Lacklustre Start To The Year For Manufacturing
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 7:30AM CST
The world's factories reported a slight upturn in growth of business activity in January, but the pace of expansion remained one of the weakest seen over the past year-and-a-half. Sluggish start to the year The JPMorgan Manufacturing PMI,...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
World Trade Growth: Now A 'Scariest Chart' Candidate
Constantin Gurdgiev - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 1:17AM CST
The scary chart of the month: post-Great Recession, World Trade volumes are growing at the slowest average pace in 35 years (even if we are to 1) exclude recession effects, and 2) accept IMF's rosy projection for 2015 and ignore latest Baltic Dry...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn - Significant Market Bottom Likely In The Spring
Chris Puplava - Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 31, 8:59AM CST
"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been." -Wayne Gretzky In my last article I highlighted that investors should be on high alert for a market decline as we are seeing building financial stress across the globe....
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
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)
The Global Economy In 2015
Patrick M. Crowley - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 04, 5:14AM CST
Happy 2015 to all my Econoblog readers! I spent NYE in London by Tower Bridge enjoying a distant view of the spectacular fireworks display that London put on this year (- but for the first time with a charge for the best viewing spots). Being in...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Global Stock Correction - Part II
The Short Side Of Long - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 16, 5:15AM CST
Since the last article was written, more selling has occurred in global stocks. This is especially true when all majors are priced in US Dollars, as global currencies remain quite weak. MSCI World Index peaked in June of this year and continues to...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Global Stocks Still Correcting
The Short Side Of Long - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 11, 4:12PM CST
Chart 1: Global stock markets have been volatile since summer months (click to enlarge) Source: Short Side of Long The stock market correction has been with us since the summer months of this year. US centric readers will probably be thinking...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
U.S. And U.K. Continue To Drive Global Economic Expansion
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 6:30AM CST
Markit's worldwide PMI surveys, designed to accurately measure the pace of economic growth in advance of official data such as gross domestic product, signalled the weakest rate of global economic expansion for seven months in November. However,...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Assessing An Allocation To Global Stocks
CFA Institute Contributors - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 12:48PM CST
By Peter Lazaroff, CFA, CFP You know your client's portfolio is properly diversified when there is always a portion of it you hate. Right now, that hateful piece of the equity allocation is global stocks. The performance has been...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Global Factories Report Slowest Pace Of Expansion For 14 Months
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 4:03AM CST
Global manufacturing grew at the slowest rate for 14 months in November, according to PMI survey data. The JPMorgan Global Manufacturing PMI™, compiled by Markit from national surveys, edged down from 52.2 in October to 51.8, its lowest reading...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Little Market Reaction In A World Of Risk
CFA Institute Contributors - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 6:19AM CST
By Susan Hoover Geopolitical risks have claimed the world's attention over the past few years, and even as some recede, others have emerged to take their place. According to Nouriel Roubini , co-founder and chairman of Roubini Global Economics,...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
This Week's Sizemore Insights: Hunting For Global Value
Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 21, 4:23AM CST
Here is a statement of the obvious if there ever was one: The market doesn't always do what it's supposed to. Expensive markets are supposed to correct, and cheap markets are supposed to rally as both revert to their long-term averages. But there are...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Why Diversify Outside The U.S.?
Ron Sanders - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 07, 7:34PM CST
As retirement investors review their third quarter statements, one aspect that will likely stand out is the relative strength of the U.S. equity market. For the three months ended September 30, 2014 the U.S. equity market (represented by the Russell...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), LVL: 12.03 (+0.13), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DWX: 44.85 (+0.47), PID: 18.30 (+0.18), SDIV: 23.77 (+0.14), IDOG: 27.52 (+0.25), DIVI: 21.49 (+0.29), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), THRK: 156.89 (+0.61), IWV: 125.09 (+0.58), DNL: 51.62 (+0.35), TWQ: 18.11 (-0.70), FGD: 26.32 (+0.07), IDV: 35.30 (+0.13), DEW: 45.67 (+0.38), RTLA: 76.17 (unch), FIEG: 124.25 (+0.94), VTHR: 96.90 (+0.60), DTN: 77.58 (+0.20), DOL: 49.35 (+0.31), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), RWV: 49.30 (unch), DOO: 45.00 (+0.26), IUSV: 137.48 (+0.37), UWC: 100.96 (+3.20), IUSG: 81.08 (+0.51), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20), WDIV: 67.98 (+0.41)
3 Things Driving Financial Market Volatility In 2015
Dean Popplewell - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 16, 12:52PM CDT
By Alfonso Esparza Volatility, the critical ingredient investors need to trade, started to gradually creep back into financial markets late in the third quarter. That prompted idle traders worldwide to take positions once again. But is that market...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Global Sector PMI Highlights Broad-Based Fall In Prices In January
Markit - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 5:03AM CST
The first batch of global sector PMI™ data from Markit for 2015 saw a number of sectors register falling input prices, most notably chemicals. The beverages sector registered the strongest increase in output, but banking activity declined for...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), RGRO: 52.79 (+0.61), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Time To Act On The G-20 Agenda: The Global Economy Will Thank You
iMFdirect - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 6:54AM CST
By Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Implementation, investment, and inclusiveness: these three policy goals will dominate the G-20 agenda this year, including the first meeting of finance ministers and...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), RGRO: 52.79 (+0.61), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), GRN: 9.40 (+0.21), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
RevenueShares rolls out a global growth fund
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:34AM CST
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), RGRO: 52.79 (+0.61), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Global PMI Surveys Signal Lacklustre Start To The Year For Manufacturing
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 7:30AM CST
The world's factories reported a slight upturn in growth of business activity in January, but the pace of expansion remained one of the weakest seen over the past year-and-a-half. Sluggish start to the year The JPMorgan Manufacturing PMI,...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
World Trade Growth: Now A 'Scariest Chart' Candidate
Constantin Gurdgiev - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 1:17AM CST
The scary chart of the month: post-Great Recession, World Trade volumes are growing at the slowest average pace in 35 years (even if we are to 1) exclude recession effects, and 2) accept IMF's rosy projection for 2015 and ignore latest Baltic Dry...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn - Significant Market Bottom Likely In The Spring
Chris Puplava - Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 31, 8:59AM CST
"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been." -Wayne Gretzky In my last article I highlighted that investors should be on high alert for a market decline as we are seeing building financial stress across the globe....
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
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)
The Global Economy In 2015
Patrick M. Crowley - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 04, 5:14AM CST
Happy 2015 to all my Econoblog readers! I spent NYE in London by Tower Bridge enjoying a distant view of the spectacular fireworks display that London put on this year (- but for the first time with a charge for the best viewing spots). Being in...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Global Stock Correction - Part II
The Short Side Of Long - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 16, 5:15AM CST
Since the last article was written, more selling has occurred in global stocks. This is especially true when all majors are priced in US Dollars, as global currencies remain quite weak. MSCI World Index peaked in June of this year and continues to...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Global Stocks Still Correcting
The Short Side Of Long - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 11, 4:12PM CST
Chart 1: Global stock markets have been volatile since summer months (click to enlarge) Source: Short Side of Long The stock market correction has been with us since the summer months of this year. US centric readers will probably be thinking...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
U.S. And U.K. Continue To Drive Global Economic Expansion
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 6:30AM CST
Markit's worldwide PMI surveys, designed to accurately measure the pace of economic growth in advance of official data such as gross domestic product, signalled the weakest rate of global economic expansion for seven months in November. However,...
DXPS: 26.48 (+0.18), VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), FKU: 41.59 (-0.16), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), EWU: 18.91 (+0.09), DBUK: 25.22 (+0.01), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), QGBR: 56.81 (+0.24), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Assessing An Allocation To Global Stocks
CFA Institute Contributors - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 12:48PM CST
By Peter Lazaroff, CFA, CFP You know your client's portfolio is properly diversified when there is always a portion of it you hate. Right now, that hateful piece of the equity allocation is global stocks. The performance has been...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Global Factories Report Slowest Pace Of Expansion For 14 Months
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 4:03AM CST
Global manufacturing grew at the slowest rate for 14 months in November, according to PMI survey data. The JPMorgan Global Manufacturing PMI™, compiled by Markit from national surveys, edged down from 52.2 in October to 51.8, its lowest reading...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Little Market Reaction In A World Of Risk
CFA Institute Contributors - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 6:19AM CST
By Susan Hoover Geopolitical risks have claimed the world's attention over the past few years, and even as some recede, others have emerged to take their place. According to Nouriel Roubini , co-founder and chairman of Roubini Global Economics,...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
This Week's Sizemore Insights: Hunting For Global Value
Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 21, 4:23AM CST
Here is a statement of the obvious if there ever was one: The market doesn't always do what it's supposed to. Expensive markets are supposed to correct, and cheap markets are supposed to rally as both revert to their long-term averages. But there are...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
Why Diversify Outside The U.S.?
Ron Sanders - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 07, 7:34PM CST
As retirement investors review their third quarter statements, one aspect that will likely stand out is the relative strength of the U.S. equity market. For the three months ended September 30, 2014 the U.S. equity market (represented by the Russell...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), LVL: 12.03 (+0.13), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DWX: 44.85 (+0.47), PID: 18.30 (+0.18), SDIV: 23.77 (+0.14), IDOG: 27.52 (+0.25), DIVI: 21.49 (+0.29), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), THRK: 156.89 (+0.61), IWV: 125.09 (+0.58), DNL: 51.62 (+0.35), TWQ: 18.11 (-0.70), FGD: 26.32 (+0.07), IDV: 35.30 (+0.13), DEW: 45.67 (+0.38), RTLA: 76.17 (unch), FIEG: 124.25 (+0.94), VTHR: 96.90 (+0.60), DTN: 77.58 (+0.20), DOL: 49.35 (+0.31), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), RWV: 49.30 (unch), DOO: 45.00 (+0.26), IUSV: 137.48 (+0.37), UWC: 100.96 (+3.20), IUSG: 81.08 (+0.51), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20), WDIV: 67.98 (+0.41)
3 Things Driving Financial Market Volatility In 2015
Dean Popplewell - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 16, 12:52PM CDT
By Alfonso Esparza Volatility, the critical ingredient investors need to trade, started to gradually creep back into financial markets late in the third quarter. That prompted idle traders worldwide to take positions once again. But is that market...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), DGT: 70.87 (+0.53), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 49.30 (unch), FIGY: 123.46 (+0.84), IEIL: 24.00 (+0.20)
