ACWI Index MSCI Ishares (ACWI) 60.55 $ACWI
Global Factory Activity Growth Hits 4-Month High
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 4:24AM CST
Activity in the world's factories picked up in February, growing at the fastest rate since last October. The J.P.Morgan Manufacturing PMI, compiled by Markit from its business surveys, rose further from December's 16-month low, up for a second...
VT: 62.19 (-0.36), RGRO: 51.92 (-0.88), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
India ETFs to Watch on First Budget by Pro-Growth Modi - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Feb 27, 8:05AM CST
India ETFs are in focus given the first full-fledged budget from the pro-growth Modi on February 28.
ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), INDY: 33.02 (-0.32), SMIN: 36.71 (-0.56), EPI: 23.99 (-0.33), GMF: 87.05 (-0.56)
3 Country ETFs Scaling New Heights in 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 26, 9:25AM CST
Three country ETFs actually hit all-time highs this week thanks to massive monetary easing policies.
JPMV: 55.15 (-0.48), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DXGE: 30.22 (+0.18), ASHS: 40.64 (+0.44)
Buy Europe?
Cam Hui, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 1:17AM CST
The storm clouds are lifting in Europe. The FTSE 100 in the UK has rallied to an all-time high. Greek tail-risk is receding, but the drama doesn't seem to be over yet (though the Greek market seems to be washed out, see last week's post that was...
EWH: 21.78 (-0.12), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), EWY: 57.04 (-0.20), FEZ: 38.88 (-0.08), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), EWT: 15.88 (-0.06), FXI: 42.02 (-0.68)
The History Of The Global Equity Portfolio
Cullen Roche - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 5:02AM CST
One of the nice things about thinking of the world in macro terms is that you are less inclined to fall victim to a fallacy of composition. That is, in the financial world we tend not to think in terms of aggregates so we often extrapolate personal...
VT: 62.19 (-0.36), RGRO: 51.92 (-0.88), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
Investing Abroad - Key Is Total Return
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 6:00PM CST
The S&P 500 edged to a new intra-session high on lucky, Friday the 13th. However, it has lagged behind many of the other DM equity markets. When investing in own currency, total return is straight forward. It is the capital appreciation (or...
VT: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), FXY: 81.22 (+0.01), FXB: 149.83 (-1.02), FXC: 80.05 (+0.45), FXE: 108.98 (-0.96)
RevenueShares Global Revenue Weighted ETF Hits the Market - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Feb 10, 10:00AM CST
RevenueShares expanded its pioneered revenue-weighted ETFs lineup with the launch of global growth oriented ETF.
IOO: 78.40 (-0.17), VT: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), RGRO: 51.92 (-0.88), VEU: 49.11 (-0.21), VXUS: 50.76 (-0.25)
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: 62.19 (-0.36), RGRO: 51.92 (-0.88), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
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: 62.19 (-0.36), RGRO: 51.92 (-0.88), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), GRN: 8.83 (-0.48), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
RevenueShares rolls out a global growth fund
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:34AM CST
VT: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), RGRO: 51.92 (-0.88), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
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: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
'Dollar-Ize' Your Portfolio: Combining Dollar Bull Strategies With Stocks And Bonds
WisdomTree - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 3:29PM CST
By Rick Harper & Bradley Krom One of our highest-conviction ideas for 2015 is the ongoing strength of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies. While this trend actually started in 2011 , we believe that it has the ability to persist...
ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06)
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: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
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: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
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: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), SINF: 47.80 (unch), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), EWJ: 12.26 (-0.06), RINF: 31.13 (-0.06), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), PGJ: 28.06 (+0.18), INFL: 39.28 (unch), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), FXI: 42.02 (-0.68)
Less-than-$50 oil will change the world, economists say
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 8:48AM CST
VT: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), SFLA: 180.57 (unch), RWL: 41.66 (-0.18), RSP: 81.86 (-0.39), SH: 21.22 (+0.10), SSO: 133.54 (-1.08), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IVV: 211.71 (-0.89), SPLX: 31.94 (-0.75), SPXU: 34.90 (+0.46), VOO: 192.83 (-0.81), UPRO: 140.03 (-1.87), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), EPS: 72.96 (-0.24), SDS: 20.86 (+0.17), SPXL: 92.78 (-1.16)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI Index Fund After 1.03% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jan 06, 5:35PM CST
iShares MSCI ACWI Index Fund (NASDAQ:ACWI) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $56.40 to a high of $57.43. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.0%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $57.10 on volume of 5.2 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28)
Global Factory Activity Growth Hits 4-Month High
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 4:24AM CST
Activity in the world's factories picked up in February, growing at the fastest rate since last October. The J.P.Morgan Manufacturing PMI, compiled by Markit from its business surveys, rose further from December's 16-month low, up for a second...
VT: 62.19 (-0.36), RGRO: 51.92 (-0.88), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
India ETFs to Watch on First Budget by Pro-Growth Modi - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Feb 27, 8:05AM CST
India ETFs are in focus given the first full-fledged budget from the pro-growth Modi on February 28.
ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), INDY: 33.02 (-0.32), SMIN: 36.71 (-0.56), EPI: 23.99 (-0.33), GMF: 87.05 (-0.56)
3 Country ETFs Scaling New Heights in 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 26, 9:25AM CST
Three country ETFs actually hit all-time highs this week thanks to massive monetary easing policies.
JPMV: 55.15 (-0.48), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DXGE: 30.22 (+0.18), ASHS: 40.64 (+0.44)
Buy Europe?
Cam Hui, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 1:17AM CST
The storm clouds are lifting in Europe. The FTSE 100 in the UK has rallied to an all-time high. Greek tail-risk is receding, but the drama doesn't seem to be over yet (though the Greek market seems to be washed out, see last week's post that was...
EWH: 21.78 (-0.12), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), EWY: 57.04 (-0.20), FEZ: 38.88 (-0.08), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), EWT: 15.88 (-0.06), FXI: 42.02 (-0.68)
The History Of The Global Equity Portfolio
Cullen Roche - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 5:02AM CST
One of the nice things about thinking of the world in macro terms is that you are less inclined to fall victim to a fallacy of composition. That is, in the financial world we tend not to think in terms of aggregates so we often extrapolate personal...
VT: 62.19 (-0.36), RGRO: 51.92 (-0.88), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
Investing Abroad - Key Is Total Return
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 6:00PM CST
The S&P 500 edged to a new intra-session high on lucky, Friday the 13th. However, it has lagged behind many of the other DM equity markets. When investing in own currency, total return is straight forward. It is the capital appreciation (or...
VT: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), FXY: 81.22 (+0.01), FXB: 149.83 (-1.02), FXC: 80.05 (+0.45), FXE: 108.98 (-0.96)
RevenueShares Global Revenue Weighted ETF Hits the Market - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Feb 10, 10:00AM CST
RevenueShares expanded its pioneered revenue-weighted ETFs lineup with the launch of global growth oriented ETF.
IOO: 78.40 (-0.17), VT: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), RGRO: 51.92 (-0.88), VEU: 49.11 (-0.21), VXUS: 50.76 (-0.25)
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: 62.19 (-0.36), RGRO: 51.92 (-0.88), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
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: 62.19 (-0.36), RGRO: 51.92 (-0.88), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), GRN: 8.83 (-0.48), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
RevenueShares rolls out a global growth fund
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:34AM CST
VT: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), RGRO: 51.92 (-0.88), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
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: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
'Dollar-Ize' Your Portfolio: Combining Dollar Bull Strategies With Stocks And Bonds
WisdomTree - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 3:29PM CST
By Rick Harper & Bradley Krom One of our highest-conviction ideas for 2015 is the ongoing strength of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies. While this trend actually started in 2011 , we believe that it has the ability to persist...
ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06)
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: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
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: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16)
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: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), SINF: 47.80 (unch), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), EWJ: 12.26 (-0.06), RINF: 31.13 (-0.06), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), RWV: 50.34 (-0.21), PGJ: 28.06 (+0.18), INFL: 39.28 (unch), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), IEIL: 24.01 (-0.16), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), FXI: 42.02 (-0.68)
Less-than-$50 oil will change the world, economists say
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 8:48AM CST
VT: 62.19 (-0.36), ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28), SFLA: 180.57 (unch), RWL: 41.66 (-0.18), RSP: 81.86 (-0.39), SH: 21.22 (+0.10), SSO: 133.54 (-1.08), FIGY: 123.04 (-0.40), IVV: 211.71 (-0.89), SPLX: 31.94 (-0.75), SPXU: 34.90 (+0.46), VOO: 192.83 (-0.81), UPRO: 140.03 (-1.87), DGT: 71.15 (-0.55), ONEF: 35.99 (-0.22), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), EPS: 72.96 (-0.24), SDS: 20.86 (+0.17), SPXL: 92.78 (-1.16)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI Index Fund After 1.03% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jan 06, 5:35PM CST
iShares MSCI ACWI Index Fund (NASDAQ:ACWI) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $56.40 to a high of $57.43. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.0%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $57.10 on volume of 5.2 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
ACWI: 60.55 (-0.28)
