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Top Ranked Currency Hedged ETFs in Focus on Dollar Surge - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Mon Mar 16, 6:31AM CDT
With most developed economies easing monetary policies and the Fed preparing for a tightening, currency hedged ETFs will be in vogue in the coming days.
DXJ: 55.70 (+0.26), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), HEFA: 28.02 (+0.20)
Focus On European Equities, Avoid Emerging Markets
George Kiraly Jr. - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 15, 11:37AM CDT
The European Developed Markets funds have acted as a magnet in attracting investable capital since the beginning of the year while enjoying impressive performance - most are up +5% or more, while the S&P 500 is flat and the Emerging Markets funds...
HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EEM: 38.76 (+0.46), DFE: 55.00 (+0.42), DXGE: 31.87 (+0.40), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), VWO: 39.66 (+0.46)
The ECB Should End QE Next Month
EconMatters - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 15, 8:29AM CDT
Mario Draghi backed into Unenviable Corner This was an instance where the markets pushed Mario Draghi in a direction that really wasn't necessary, an area he knew deep down was fruitless, and in the end will be proven to be a complete waste of...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), ULE: 15.17 (+0.31), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), URR: 16.49 (+0.22), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), EUO: 27.87 (-0.65), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), FXE: 104.21 (+1.13), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20), EUFX: 45.47 (-0.59), ERO: 40.20 (-0.04), DRR: 64.63 (-1.86)
Have European Stocks Reached A Turning Point?
Wall Street Daily - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 15, 3:59AM CDT
By Alan Gula On March 9, 2015, the Public Sector Purchase Programme was initiated. This eurozone bond-buying program, also known as quantitative easing (QE), is meant to reinvigorate Europe's lethargic economies and prevent deflation. Clearly,...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Lessons From Another Tough Week And The Big Day Ahead
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 14, 9:24AM CDT
XLB: 49.68 (-0.16), VXX: 27.27 (-0.83), EWL: 32.58 (+0.11), TLT: 127.90 (+1.18), EWJ: 12.57 (+0.09), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EEM: 38.76 (+0.46), KRE: 41.32 (-0.03), FXB: 145.65 (+0.97), OIL: 9.58 (-0.45), XLK: 41.84 (+0.35), FXC: 77.95 (+0.20), FXE: 104.21 (+1.13), EMB: 109.59 (-0.13), SLV: 14.96 (+0.06), XLF: 24.57 (+0.25), VNQ: 83.30 (+0.92), FXF: 96.96 (+0.04), JJC: 31.93 (-0.07), XLE: 75.12 (+0.49), HYG: 90.09 (-0.11), MUB: 109.92 (+0.14), FXY: 80.14 (+0.08), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), XLU: 44.30 (+0.82), UUP: 26.28 (-0.21), XRT: 99.53 (+0.61), FXS: 115.05 (+0.15), XLV: 73.23 (+1.42), GSG: 19.07 (-0.25), PCY: 27.83 (-0.02), EWU: 18.08 (+0.19), GLD: 110.84 (-0.04), PFF: 39.78 (+0.04), IWM: 123.32 (+0.71)
WisdomTree: Hold And Accumulate On A Pullback
ONeil Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 13, 3:17PM CDT
HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), DXJ: 55.70 (+0.26), WETF: 21.80 (+0.63)
Why European Equity?
Emerging Money - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 5:27PM CDT
By Tim Seymour I've been harping on European equities since late December. I have been right. But guess what, things have gotten even more lopsided in favor of EU allocations. If you are buying today, you don't have the last 15 big figures lower...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), GUR: 26.17 (+0.17), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), ESR: 16.24 (+0.22), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Eurozone Industry Sees Best Production Trend For A Year
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 7:55AM CDT
Despite a setback in January, the trend in euro area industrial production is picking up. This upturn adds to the growing stream of better economic data for the region, and is likely to lead to further upward revisions to euro area growth in 2015....
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Another Low In Euro Ahead Of U.S. Data And Carney Speech
Dean Popplewell - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 5:38AM CDT
By Craig Erlam This week's trend of euro and dollar moves really dictating the state of play in the markets looks set to continue again this morning in the absence of any important scheduled events or data releases. This afternoon, shortly before...
ULE: 15.17 (+0.31), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), URR: 16.49 (+0.22), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), EUO: 27.87 (-0.65), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), FXE: 104.21 (+1.13), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20), ERO: 40.20 (-0.04), DRR: 64.63 (-1.86), ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), EUFX: 45.47 (-0.59)
King Dollar Up, U.S. Stocks Down: A Different Investing Dynamic For 2015
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 1:40PM CDT
China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Canada, Sweden, Denmark. Those are just some of the nations that felt compelled to lower rates in 2015. Several rate-cutting countries may genuinely warrant stimulus to bolster economic activity. Others have engaged...
HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), TLH: 136.79 (+0.71), FXY: 80.14 (+0.08), FXE: 104.21 (+1.13), UUP: 26.28 (-0.21), HEWG: 29.03 (+0.42)
Beware Chasing QE
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 1:12PM CDT
EWG: 29.94 (+0.75), VXX: 27.27 (-0.83), EWQ: 25.77 (+0.43), FXY: 80.14 (+0.08), EWP: 32.84 (+0.32), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), XLU: 44.30 (+0.82), TLT: 127.90 (+1.18), EWJ: 12.57 (+0.09), DXJ: 55.70 (+0.26), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), SPY: 208.02 (+2.19), PFF: 39.78 (+0.04), FXE: 104.21 (+1.13), VNQ: 83.30 (+0.92), SDY: 78.27 (+0.78)
European Rates Converge In Wake Of QE
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 11:45AM CDT
The ECB QE policy has seen yield curves in Europe flatten across the board, although the ECB's pledge to limit purchase to assets priced above -0.2% has caused a price floor. The ECB's QE programme commenced Monday, which European bonds investors...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), GGOV: 37.25 (unch), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), BUNT: 51.93 (-0.66), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20), BUNL: 28.16 (-0.02)
Euro Area Growth Indicator Improved In February
Constantin Gurdgiev - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 5:51AM CDT
In February, Eurocoin - a leading growth indicator from CEPR and Banca d'Italia - posted a pretty decent rise to 0.23 from 0.16 in January. The 2-month average is now consistent with growth of 0.3-0.4 percent q/q. (click to enlarge) This is...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Citi lifts targets for European stocks
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 10, 10:10AM CDT
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Fool Me Once, Shame On You; Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me
David Beckworth - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 10, 5:17AM CDT
On Friday, I was interviewed by Erin Ade on Boom Bust. We discussed why the Eurozone is not an optimal currency area - low labor mobility, limited fiscal transfers, differing regional business cycles - and why this means a one-size-fits all...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Selling Winners In Your Portfolio Is Never Easy
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 1:24PM CDT
It's not an easy thing to sell an asset that you still believe has legs. I needed to reduce exposure to the Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA: EDV ) for many of my clients, in spite of the reality that they were sitting on 14-plus...
HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), TLH: 136.79 (+0.71), EDV: 126.53 (+1.73), HEWG: 29.03 (+0.42)
Looking For Value
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 9:51AM CDT
By Douglas R. Terry Today's world is one of historically high US equity valuations, equity buybacks but an otherwise lack of breadth in equity performance, and little to no yield for short duration fixed income. Where does one look for value? ...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), SINF: 47.80 (unch), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), RINF: 30.57 (unch), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), INFL: 39.28 (unch), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20), DEFL: 58.00 (unch)
Eurozone Economic Outlook Brightens With Nascent Recovery Confirmed
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 7:42AM CDT
The euro area economy grew 0.3% in the final quarter of last year, confirming initial estimates that the region is pulling out of its malaise. With business survey data indicating that the upturn has extended into the first quarter of 2015 and the...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), ULE: 15.17 (+0.31), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), URR: 16.49 (+0.22), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), EUO: 27.87 (-0.65), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), FXE: 104.21 (+1.13), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20), EUFX: 45.47 (-0.59), ERO: 40.20 (-0.04), DRR: 64.63 (-1.86)
The ECB's Lunatic Full Monty Treatment
Pater Tenebrarum - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 2:48AM CDT
Not Quite Right in the Head? The belief that the market economy requires "steering" by altruistic central bankers, who make decisions influencing the entire economy based on their personal epiphanies, has rarely been more pronounced than...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Why European Stock Markets Are The Place To Be
Jeff Opdyke - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 2:21AM CDT
If a picture tells a thousand words, then can numbers dispel a thousand lies? For months I have been saying that the global economy - in particular, Europe - is far, far healthier than the media has been reporting. And now a slew of numbers are...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Top Ranked Currency Hedged ETFs in Focus on Dollar Surge - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Mon Mar 16, 6:31AM CDT
With most developed economies easing monetary policies and the Fed preparing for a tightening, currency hedged ETFs will be in vogue in the coming days.
DXJ: 55.70 (+0.26), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), HEFA: 28.02 (+0.20)
Focus On European Equities, Avoid Emerging Markets
George Kiraly Jr. - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 15, 11:37AM CDT
The European Developed Markets funds have acted as a magnet in attracting investable capital since the beginning of the year while enjoying impressive performance - most are up +5% or more, while the S&P 500 is flat and the Emerging Markets funds...
HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EEM: 38.76 (+0.46), DFE: 55.00 (+0.42), DXGE: 31.87 (+0.40), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), VWO: 39.66 (+0.46)
The ECB Should End QE Next Month
EconMatters - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 15, 8:29AM CDT
Mario Draghi backed into Unenviable Corner This was an instance where the markets pushed Mario Draghi in a direction that really wasn't necessary, an area he knew deep down was fruitless, and in the end will be proven to be a complete waste of...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), ULE: 15.17 (+0.31), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), URR: 16.49 (+0.22), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), EUO: 27.87 (-0.65), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), FXE: 104.21 (+1.13), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20), EUFX: 45.47 (-0.59), ERO: 40.20 (-0.04), DRR: 64.63 (-1.86)
Have European Stocks Reached A Turning Point?
Wall Street Daily - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 15, 3:59AM CDT
By Alan Gula On March 9, 2015, the Public Sector Purchase Programme was initiated. This eurozone bond-buying program, also known as quantitative easing (QE), is meant to reinvigorate Europe's lethargic economies and prevent deflation. Clearly,...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Lessons From Another Tough Week And The Big Day Ahead
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 14, 9:24AM CDT
XLB: 49.68 (-0.16), VXX: 27.27 (-0.83), EWL: 32.58 (+0.11), TLT: 127.90 (+1.18), EWJ: 12.57 (+0.09), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EEM: 38.76 (+0.46), KRE: 41.32 (-0.03), FXB: 145.65 (+0.97), OIL: 9.58 (-0.45), XLK: 41.84 (+0.35), FXC: 77.95 (+0.20), FXE: 104.21 (+1.13), EMB: 109.59 (-0.13), SLV: 14.96 (+0.06), XLF: 24.57 (+0.25), VNQ: 83.30 (+0.92), FXF: 96.96 (+0.04), JJC: 31.93 (-0.07), XLE: 75.12 (+0.49), HYG: 90.09 (-0.11), MUB: 109.92 (+0.14), FXY: 80.14 (+0.08), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), XLU: 44.30 (+0.82), UUP: 26.28 (-0.21), XRT: 99.53 (+0.61), FXS: 115.05 (+0.15), XLV: 73.23 (+1.42), GSG: 19.07 (-0.25), PCY: 27.83 (-0.02), EWU: 18.08 (+0.19), GLD: 110.84 (-0.04), PFF: 39.78 (+0.04), IWM: 123.32 (+0.71)
WisdomTree: Hold And Accumulate On A Pullback
ONeil Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 13, 3:17PM CDT
HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), DXJ: 55.70 (+0.26), WETF: 21.80 (+0.63)
Why European Equity?
Emerging Money - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 5:27PM CDT
By Tim Seymour I've been harping on European equities since late December. I have been right. But guess what, things have gotten even more lopsided in favor of EU allocations. If you are buying today, you don't have the last 15 big figures lower...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), GUR: 26.17 (+0.17), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), ESR: 16.24 (+0.22), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Eurozone Industry Sees Best Production Trend For A Year
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 7:55AM CDT
Despite a setback in January, the trend in euro area industrial production is picking up. This upturn adds to the growing stream of better economic data for the region, and is likely to lead to further upward revisions to euro area growth in 2015....
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Another Low In Euro Ahead Of U.S. Data And Carney Speech
Dean Popplewell - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 5:38AM CDT
By Craig Erlam This week's trend of euro and dollar moves really dictating the state of play in the markets looks set to continue again this morning in the absence of any important scheduled events or data releases. This afternoon, shortly before...
ULE: 15.17 (+0.31), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), URR: 16.49 (+0.22), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), EUO: 27.87 (-0.65), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), FXE: 104.21 (+1.13), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20), ERO: 40.20 (-0.04), DRR: 64.63 (-1.86), ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), EUFX: 45.47 (-0.59)
King Dollar Up, U.S. Stocks Down: A Different Investing Dynamic For 2015
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 1:40PM CDT
China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Canada, Sweden, Denmark. Those are just some of the nations that felt compelled to lower rates in 2015. Several rate-cutting countries may genuinely warrant stimulus to bolster economic activity. Others have engaged...
HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), TLH: 136.79 (+0.71), FXY: 80.14 (+0.08), FXE: 104.21 (+1.13), UUP: 26.28 (-0.21), HEWG: 29.03 (+0.42)
Beware Chasing QE
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 1:12PM CDT
EWG: 29.94 (+0.75), VXX: 27.27 (-0.83), EWQ: 25.77 (+0.43), FXY: 80.14 (+0.08), EWP: 32.84 (+0.32), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), XLU: 44.30 (+0.82), TLT: 127.90 (+1.18), EWJ: 12.57 (+0.09), DXJ: 55.70 (+0.26), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), SPY: 208.02 (+2.19), PFF: 39.78 (+0.04), FXE: 104.21 (+1.13), VNQ: 83.30 (+0.92), SDY: 78.27 (+0.78)
European Rates Converge In Wake Of QE
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 11:45AM CDT
The ECB QE policy has seen yield curves in Europe flatten across the board, although the ECB's pledge to limit purchase to assets priced above -0.2% has caused a price floor. The ECB's QE programme commenced Monday, which European bonds investors...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), GGOV: 37.25 (unch), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), BUNT: 51.93 (-0.66), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20), BUNL: 28.16 (-0.02)
Euro Area Growth Indicator Improved In February
Constantin Gurdgiev - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 5:51AM CDT
In February, Eurocoin - a leading growth indicator from CEPR and Banca d'Italia - posted a pretty decent rise to 0.23 from 0.16 in January. The 2-month average is now consistent with growth of 0.3-0.4 percent q/q. (click to enlarge) This is...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Citi lifts targets for European stocks
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 10, 10:10AM CDT
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Fool Me Once, Shame On You; Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me
David Beckworth - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 10, 5:17AM CDT
On Friday, I was interviewed by Erin Ade on Boom Bust. We discussed why the Eurozone is not an optimal currency area - low labor mobility, limited fiscal transfers, differing regional business cycles - and why this means a one-size-fits all...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Selling Winners In Your Portfolio Is Never Easy
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 1:24PM CDT
It's not an easy thing to sell an asset that you still believe has legs. I needed to reduce exposure to the Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA: EDV ) for many of my clients, in spite of the reality that they were sitting on 14-plus...
HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), TLH: 136.79 (+0.71), EDV: 126.53 (+1.73), HEWG: 29.03 (+0.42)
Looking For Value
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 9:51AM CDT
By Douglas R. Terry Today's world is one of historically high US equity valuations, equity buybacks but an otherwise lack of breadth in equity performance, and little to no yield for short duration fixed income. Where does one look for value? ...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), SINF: 47.80 (unch), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), RINF: 30.57 (unch), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), INFL: 39.28 (unch), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20), DEFL: 58.00 (unch)
Eurozone Economic Outlook Brightens With Nascent Recovery Confirmed
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 7:42AM CDT
The euro area economy grew 0.3% in the final quarter of last year, confirming initial estimates that the region is pulling out of its malaise. With business survey data indicating that the upturn has extended into the first quarter of 2015 and the...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), ULE: 15.17 (+0.31), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), URR: 16.49 (+0.22), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), EUO: 27.87 (-0.65), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), FXE: 104.21 (+1.13), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20), EUFX: 45.47 (-0.59), ERO: 40.20 (-0.04), DRR: 64.63 (-1.86)
The ECB's Lunatic Full Monty Treatment
Pater Tenebrarum - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 2:48AM CDT
Not Quite Right in the Head? The belief that the market economy requires "steering" by altruistic central bankers, who make decisions influencing the entire economy based on their personal epiphanies, has rarely been more pronounced than...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
Why European Stock Markets Are The Place To Be
Jeff Opdyke - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 2:21AM CDT
If a picture tells a thousand words, then can numbers dispel a thousand lies? For months I have been saying that the global economy - in particular, Europe - is far, far healthier than the media has been reporting. And now a slew of numbers are...
ADRU: 22.62 (+0.33), VGK: 54.14 (+0.73), FEZ: 38.37 (+0.70), DBEU: 29.28 (+0.15), EURL: 31.29 (+1.25), FEEU: 107.27 (+2.90), FIEU: 111.12 (+3.19), EZU: 38.23 (+0.67), FEP: 30.82 (+0.32), FEUZ: 32.30 (+0.56), IEUR: 45.14 (+0.56), UPV: 45.68 (+1.24), FEU: 34.99 (+0.45), HEDJ: 67.07 (+0.46), EPV: 57.69 (-1.46), SBEU: 25.41 (+0.30), IEV: 43.92 (+0.62), DBEZ: 29.77 (+0.23), ESTX: 46.35 (+0.89), HEZU: 29.21 (+0.20)
