Core MSCI EAFE Ishares (IEFA) 58.11 $IEFA
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)
Long-Term Treasury Bonds Are My Largest Position, Should It Be Yours?
Left Banker - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 11:41AM CST
TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), IJS: 117.52 (+0.66), IJR: 115.87 (+0.63), EFFE: 26.38 (-0.06), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), FUTY: 29.25 (-0.39), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), LQD: 120.83 (-0.48), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), EEMV: 59.10 (+0.55), SHY: 84.64 (unch), IVE: 94.70 (+0.34), IYR: 80.31 (-0.44), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), IJJ: 131.25 (+0.81), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57)
ETF Investing Guide: Understanding The Core Portfolio
David Jackson - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 7:29AM CST
OK, now the rationale for the core portfolio. First, we cover the US stock market. You could do this by buying a single “total market” ETF index fund, such as the iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA: IYY ), or the iShares Russell 3000...
VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), IJH: 149.97 (+0.87), LQD: 120.83 (-0.48), SCHP: 54.49 (-0.11), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21)
ETF Investing Guide: A Core ETF Portfolio
David Jackson - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 7:01AM CST
Now that we’ve seen the case for buying ETFs in an online brokerage account, we’ll look at how to assemble a portfolio in practice. Here's what we're going to end up with (the next section will explain why): Important note: As the ETF...
VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), IJH: 149.97 (+0.87), LQD: 120.83 (-0.48), SCHP: 54.49 (-0.11), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21)
Wary, Leuthold IDs Bounce-Back Stocks
YCharts - Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 14, 6:56AM CST
By Carla Fried Back on October 3rd the Leuthold Group announced it had reduced its core portfolio equity exposure from 55% to 40% as its proprietary Major Trend Index (MTI) fell into negative territory. The MTI is a mash up of 130 metrics...
WFM: 56.15 (-0.15), VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), KR: 72.86 (+0.41), SWY: 35.10 (-0.04), GAS: 50.07 (+0.27), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), CNP: 21.76 (-0.35), DO: 35.21 (+0.36), COH: 39.85 (+0.64), BTU: 7.65 (+0.46), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), NI: 42.52 (-0.85), RIG: 19.05 (+0.42), MAT: 27.61 (+0.17), NE: 18.54 (+0.30)
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)
BlackRock Canada Announces Certain Changes to XEF
Marketwire - Fri Aug 22, 4:35PM CDT
(TSX: XEF) - iShares, the industry-leading exchange-traded fund (ETF) business at BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (BlackRock Canada), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock), has determined to change the manner in which the investment strategy of the iShares Core MSCI EAFE IMI Index ETF ("XEF"
is implemented.
BLK: 376.04 (+1.16), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), XEF.TO: 26.75 (+0.13)
Noteworthy ETF Inflows: IEFA, SAN, AI, CS
ETFChannel.com - Tue Jun 24, 10:24AM CDT
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF where we have detected an approximate $63.4 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.7% increase...
IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39)
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)
Long-Term Treasury Bonds Are My Largest Position, Should It Be Yours?
Left Banker - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 11:41AM CST
TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), IJS: 117.52 (+0.66), IJR: 115.87 (+0.63), EFFE: 26.38 (-0.06), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), FUTY: 29.25 (-0.39), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), LQD: 120.83 (-0.48), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), EEMV: 59.10 (+0.55), SHY: 84.64 (unch), IVE: 94.70 (+0.34), IYR: 80.31 (-0.44), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), IJJ: 131.25 (+0.81), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57)
ETF Investing Guide: Understanding The Core Portfolio
David Jackson - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 7:29AM CST
OK, now the rationale for the core portfolio. First, we cover the US stock market. You could do this by buying a single “total market” ETF index fund, such as the iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA: IYY ), or the iShares Russell 3000...
VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), IJH: 149.97 (+0.87), LQD: 120.83 (-0.48), SCHP: 54.49 (-0.11), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21)
ETF Investing Guide: A Core ETF Portfolio
David Jackson - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 7:01AM CST
Now that we’ve seen the case for buying ETFs in an online brokerage account, we’ll look at how to assemble a portfolio in practice. Here's what we're going to end up with (the next section will explain why): Important note: As the ETF...
VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), IJH: 149.97 (+0.87), LQD: 120.83 (-0.48), SCHP: 54.49 (-0.11), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), IEMG: 48.87 (+0.48), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21)
Wary, Leuthold IDs Bounce-Back Stocks
YCharts - Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 14, 6:56AM CST
By Carla Fried Back on October 3rd the Leuthold Group announced it had reduced its core portfolio equity exposure from 55% to 40% as its proprietary Major Trend Index (MTI) fell into negative territory. The MTI is a mash up of 130 metrics...
WFM: 56.15 (-0.15), VTWO: 97.11 (+0.60), KR: 72.86 (+0.41), SWY: 35.10 (-0.04), GAS: 50.07 (+0.27), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), CNP: 21.76 (-0.35), DO: 35.21 (+0.36), COH: 39.85 (+0.64), BTU: 7.65 (+0.46), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), NI: 42.52 (-0.85), RIG: 19.05 (+0.42), MAT: 27.61 (+0.17), NE: 18.54 (+0.30)
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)
BlackRock Canada Announces Certain Changes to XEF
Marketwire - Fri Aug 22, 4:35PM CDT
(TSX: XEF) - iShares, the industry-leading exchange-traded fund (ETF) business at BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (BlackRock Canada), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock), has determined to change the manner in which the investment strategy of the iShares Core MSCI EAFE IMI Index ETF ("XEF"
is implemented. BLK: 376.04 (+1.16), IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39), XEF.TO: 26.75 (+0.13)
Noteworthy ETF Inflows: IEFA, SAN, AI, CS
ETFChannel.com - Tue Jun 24, 10:24AM CDT
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF where we have detected an approximate $63.4 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.7% increase...
IEFA: 58.11 (+0.39)
