Assessing Diversification Among Dividend ETFs
John Dowdee - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 6:42PM CST
DGS: 43.84 (+0.56), DVY: 79.59 (+1.03), DFE: 56.31 (+1.09), VIG: 82.22 (+0.61), VYM: 69.49 (+0.51), HDV: 76.33 (+0.62), DEM: 42.54 (+0.82), FDD: 13.58 (+0.29), SDY: 79.11 (+0.43)
6 Things To Watch In 2015
Kristina Hooper - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 5:51AM CST
Editor's note: Originally published on January 5, 2015 For the third straight year, the stock market has posted double-digit returns. But 2014 ended on an ominous note, with the S&P 500 posting a sizeable single-day loss. And on the first...
XPP: 74.44 (+0.77), FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), IEF: 108.31 (+0.44), YINN: 39.08 (+0.56), CHXF: 53.25 (-0.02), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), MCHI: 52.97 (+0.18), YANG: 9.49 (-0.08), FXP: 37.81 (-0.37), PGJ: 29.21 (+0.92), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), FCA: 23.29 (+0.19), YAO: 28.48 (+0.18), YXI: 26.63 (-1.41), FDD: 13.58 (+0.29), CN: 37.41 (unch), FXI: 43.34 (+0.19), GXC: 82.40 (+0.45)
Peak What? Christmastime In Hell? Part 6
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 3:35AM CST
EWI: 14.83 (+0.46), EFNL: 34.68 (+0.77), DFE: 56.31 (+1.09), EWG: 30.26 (+0.79), EMES: 49.55 (+2.35), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), EWD: 33.90 (+0.33), EUDG: 23.86 (+0.58), EWQ: 26.42 (+0.70), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), EWP: 34.42 (+1.53), EWO: 15.92 (+0.29), EWN: 25.90 (+0.56), EWL: 34.00 (+0.71), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWK: 17.00 (+0.37), DXPS: 27.22 (+0.19), EIRL: 38.17 (+1.00), DAX: 28.65 (+0.87), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), DBUK: 26.06 (+0.17), ASHR: 40.53 (+0.83), ASHS: 46.11 (+0.93), BKF: 36.00 (+0.47), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), EWU: 18.82 (+0.43), EWGS: 40.17 (+0.98), EDEN: 51.40 (+1.13), FDD: 13.58 (+0.29), ENOR: 22.92 (+0.41), BZQ: 101.02 (-8.93), DBGR: 28.93 (+0.24), FEUZ: 32.88 (+0.78), EWUS: 39.69 (+0.99), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), FCG: 10.25 (+0.12), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), BP: 40.10 (+1.13), EMB: 111.69 (+1.20), ERUS: 12.97 (+0.50), EUMV: 24.39 (+0.43), BRZU: 5.16 (+0.58), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), DXGE: 31.68 (+0.38), CHIX: 15.82 (+0.15), CHIM: 14.91 (unch), CHIQ: 13.13 (+0.14), CORP: 104.40 (+0.75), CHIE: 13.14 (+0.04), CHII: 14.15 (unch), EPOL: 23.39 (+0.55)
Catch-22
Ben Hunt - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 2:40PM CST
Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Once, they took off and were flying in formation when the control tower summoned them down. The more it rained, the worse they suffered. The worse they suffered,...
EWI: 14.83 (+0.46), EWG: 30.26 (+0.79), DFE: 56.31 (+1.09), EFNL: 34.68 (+0.77), FKU: 42.19 (+1.06), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), EWD: 33.90 (+0.33), EUDG: 23.86 (+0.58), EWQ: 26.42 (+0.70), FIEU: 119.23 (+5.93), EWP: 34.42 (+1.53), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), EWO: 15.92 (+0.29), PLND: 17.78 (+0.43), EWN: 25.90 (+0.56), IEUR: 46.52 (+1.12), FSZ: 41.00 (+0.97), EWL: 34.00 (+0.71), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWK: 17.00 (+0.37), IEUS: 44.67 (+0.89), DXPS: 27.22 (+0.19), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), EIRL: 38.17 (+1.00), DAX: 28.65 (+0.87), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), GXF: 23.80 (+0.45), DBUK: 26.06 (+0.17), QGBR: 54.02 (unch), NORW: 11.81 (+0.23), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), RSXJ: 21.29 (+0.38), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), HEWG: 28.80 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), EWU: 18.82 (+0.43), RBL: 16.25 (+0.49), EWGS: 40.17 (+0.98), RSX: 16.89 (+0.60), EDEN: 51.40 (+1.13), FDD: 13.58 (+0.29), ENOR: 22.92 (+0.41), SMEZ: 51.59 (+1.11), QESP: 50.06 (+1.38), GREK: 10.75 (+0.59), DBGR: 28.93 (+0.24), FEUZ: 32.88 (+0.78), RUSS: 12.67 (-1.58), EWUS: 39.69 (+0.99), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), FGM: 39.09 (+0.88), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), EUMV: 24.39 (+0.43), ERUS: 12.97 (+0.50), HEZU: 29.31 (+0.39), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), DXGE: 31.68 (+0.38), QDEU: 58.13 (+1.49), PGAL: 11.68 (+0.40), RUSL: 21.19 (+1.81), EPOL: 23.39 (+0.55)
The Stimulus Monkeys Are Screeching And The Central Banks Are Pushing On A String
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 11:51AM CST
Have you been at the zoo when the monkeys start rattling their cages and screeching in unison? That about sums up the last 24 hours since the euro zone’s December CPI printed at negative 0.2% versus prior year. Within minutes of the release,...
EWI: 14.83 (+0.46), EFNL: 34.68 (+0.77), DFE: 56.31 (+1.09), EWG: 30.26 (+0.79), FKU: 42.19 (+1.06), FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), EWD: 33.90 (+0.33), EUDG: 23.86 (+0.58), EWQ: 26.42 (+0.70), FIEU: 119.23 (+5.93), EWP: 34.42 (+1.53), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), EWO: 15.92 (+0.29), PLND: 17.78 (+0.43), EWN: 25.90 (+0.56), IEUR: 46.52 (+1.12), FSZ: 41.00 (+0.97), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), EWL: 34.00 (+0.71), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWK: 17.00 (+0.37), IEUS: 44.67 (+0.89), DXPS: 27.22 (+0.19), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), EIRL: 38.17 (+1.00), DAX: 28.65 (+0.87), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), GXF: 23.80 (+0.45), DBUK: 26.06 (+0.17), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), QGBR: 54.02 (unch), NORW: 11.81 (+0.23), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), RSXJ: 21.29 (+0.38), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), HEWG: 28.80 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), EWU: 18.82 (+0.43), RBL: 16.25 (+0.49), EWGS: 40.17 (+0.98), RSX: 16.89 (+0.60), EDEN: 51.40 (+1.13), FDD: 13.58 (+0.29), ENOR: 22.92 (+0.41), SMEZ: 51.59 (+1.11), QESP: 50.06 (+1.38), GREK: 10.75 (+0.59), DBGR: 28.93 (+0.24), FEUZ: 32.88 (+0.78), RUSS: 12.67 (-1.58), EWUS: 39.69 (+0.99), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), FGM: 39.09 (+0.88), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), EUMV: 24.39 (+0.43), ERUS: 12.97 (+0.50), HEZU: 29.31 (+0.39), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), DXGE: 31.68 (+0.38), QDEU: 58.13 (+1.49), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), PGAL: 11.68 (+0.40), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), RUSL: 21.19 (+1.81), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EPOL: 23.39 (+0.55)
The Deflation Calamity Howlers Are Dead Wrong - In Europe And Everywhere Else
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 9:45AM CST
The calamity howlers of deflation are out in force this morning owing to an absolute economic non sequitur. Namely, that year-on-year consumer prices in the EU came in at negative 0.2% in December, implying that ECB printing presses need to go into...
EWI: 14.83 (+0.46), EWG: 30.26 (+0.79), DFE: 56.31 (+1.09), EFNL: 34.68 (+0.77), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), FKU: 42.19 (+1.06), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), EWD: 33.90 (+0.33), EUDG: 23.86 (+0.58), EWQ: 26.42 (+0.70), FIEU: 119.23 (+5.93), EWP: 34.42 (+1.53), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), EWO: 15.92 (+0.29), PLND: 17.78 (+0.43), EWN: 25.90 (+0.56), IEUR: 46.52 (+1.12), FSZ: 41.00 (+0.97), EWL: 34.00 (+0.71), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWK: 17.00 (+0.37), IEUS: 44.67 (+0.89), DXPS: 27.22 (+0.19), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), EIRL: 38.17 (+1.00), DAX: 28.65 (+0.87), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), GXF: 23.80 (+0.45), DBUK: 26.06 (+0.17), QGBR: 54.02 (unch), NORW: 11.81 (+0.23), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), RSXJ: 21.29 (+0.38), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), HEWG: 28.80 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), EWU: 18.82 (+0.43), RBL: 16.25 (+0.49), EWGS: 40.17 (+0.98), RSX: 16.89 (+0.60), EDEN: 51.40 (+1.13), FDD: 13.58 (+0.29), ENOR: 22.92 (+0.41), SMEZ: 51.59 (+1.11), QESP: 50.06 (+1.38), GREK: 10.75 (+0.59), DBGR: 28.93 (+0.24), FEUZ: 32.88 (+0.78), RUSS: 12.67 (-1.58), EWUS: 39.69 (+0.99), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), FGM: 39.09 (+0.88), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), EUMV: 24.39 (+0.43), ERUS: 12.97 (+0.50), HEZU: 29.31 (+0.39), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), DXGE: 31.68 (+0.38), QDEU: 58.13 (+1.49), PGAL: 11.68 (+0.40), RUSL: 21.19 (+1.81), EPOL: 23.39 (+0.55)
What Keeps Me Up At Night
Paul Nathan - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 2:40PM CST
EWI: 14.83 (+0.46), EWG: 30.26 (+0.79), DFE: 56.31 (+1.09), EFNL: 34.68 (+0.77), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), FKU: 42.19 (+1.06), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), EWD: 33.90 (+0.33), EUDG: 23.86 (+0.58), EWQ: 26.42 (+0.70), FIEU: 119.23 (+5.93), EWP: 34.42 (+1.53), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), EWO: 15.92 (+0.29), PLND: 17.78 (+0.43), EWN: 25.90 (+0.56), IEUR: 46.52 (+1.12), FSZ: 41.00 (+0.97), EWL: 34.00 (+0.71), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWK: 17.00 (+0.37), IEUS: 44.67 (+0.89), DXPS: 27.22 (+0.19), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), EIRL: 38.17 (+1.00), DAX: 28.65 (+0.87), DBEZ: 29.79 (+0.37), GXF: 23.80 (+0.45), DBUK: 26.06 (+0.17), QGBR: 54.02 (unch), NORW: 11.81 (+0.23), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), RSXJ: 21.29 (+0.38), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), HEWG: 28.80 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), EWU: 18.82 (+0.43), RBL: 16.25 (+0.49), EWGS: 40.17 (+0.98), RSX: 16.89 (+0.60), EDEN: 51.40 (+1.13), FDD: 13.58 (+0.29), ENOR: 22.92 (+0.41), SMEZ: 51.59 (+1.11), QESP: 50.06 (+1.38), GREK: 10.75 (+0.59), DBGR: 28.93 (+0.24), FEUZ: 32.88 (+0.78), RUSS: 12.67 (-1.58), EWUS: 39.69 (+0.99), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), FGM: 39.09 (+0.88), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), EUMV: 24.39 (+0.43), ERUS: 12.97 (+0.50), HEZU: 29.31 (+0.39), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), DXGE: 31.68 (+0.38), QDEU: 58.13 (+1.49), PGAL: 11.68 (+0.40), RUSL: 21.19 (+1.81), EPOL: 23.39 (+0.55)
Now There's Something You Don't See Every Day, Chauncey
Ben Hunt - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 11:55AM CST
Narrator: Well, today we find our heroes flying along smoothly... Rocket J. Squirrel: Flying along smoothly? Bullwinkle J. Moose: You're just looking at the picture sideways! Rocket J. Squirrel: Actually it's like this! Narrator: Oh......
EWI: 14.83 (+0.46), EWG: 30.26 (+0.79), DFE: 56.31 (+1.09), EFNL: 34.68 (+0.77), FKU: 42.19 (+1.06), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), FEZ: 39.29 (+1.10), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), EWD: 33.90 (+0.33), EUDG: 23.86 (+0.58), EWQ: 26.42 (+0.70), FIEU: 119.23 (+5.93), EWP: 34.42 (+1.53), FEP: 31.62 (+0.65), EWO: 15.92 (+0.29), PLND: 17.78 (+0.43), EWN: 25.90 (+0.56), IEUR: 46.52 (+1.12), FSZ: 41.00 (+0.97), EWL: 34.00 (+0.71), UPV: 48.39 (+2.14), FEU: 36.03 (+0.69), EWK: 17.00 (+0.37), DXPS: 27.22 (+0.19), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), EIRL: 38.17 (+1.00), DAX: 28.65 (+0.87), GXF: 23.80 (+0.45), DBUK: 26.06 (+0.17), QGBR: 54.02 (unch), NORW: 11.81 (+0.23), ADRU: 23.48 (+0.56), RSXJ: 21.29 (+0.38), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), HEWG: 28.80 (+0.33), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), EWU: 18.82 (+0.43), RBL: 16.25 (+0.49), EWGS: 40.17 (+0.98), RSX: 16.89 (+0.60), GERJ: 28.16 (-0.26), EDEN: 51.40 (+1.13), FDD: 13.58 (+0.29), ENOR: 22.92 (+0.41), SMEZ: 51.59 (+1.11), QESP: 50.06 (+1.38), GREK: 10.75 (+0.59), DBGR: 28.93 (+0.24), FEUZ: 32.88 (+0.78), RUSS: 12.67 (-1.58), EWUS: 39.69 (+0.99), EPV: 54.01 (-2.86), FGM: 39.09 (+0.88), ESTX: 47.80 (+1.54), EUMV: 24.39 (+0.43), ERUS: 12.97 (+0.50), HEZU: 29.31 (+0.39), EURL: 34.21 (+2.36), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), DXGE: 31.68 (+0.38), QDEU: 58.13 (+1.49), PGAL: 11.68 (+0.40), RUSL: 21.19 (+1.81), EPOL: 23.39 (+0.55)
Inside the Surprising European ETFs Surge - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Fri Oct 31, 2:00PM CDT
Several European ETFs have delivered handsome returns over the past 10 days on a spate of positive news out of the country.
DFE: 56.31 (+1.09), VGK: 55.87 (+1.41), DBEU: 29.69 (+0.31), EUMV: 24.39 (+0.43), FDD: 13.58 (+0.29)