The U.S. Dollar Bull Market Is Over
Seethrough Macro - at Seeking Alpha - 1 hr 47 mins ago
HEDJ: 66.14 (-0.53), USO: 16.84 (-0.39), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), DBC: 17.07 (-0.20), VGK: 54.22 (-0.90), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), UDN: 21.49 (-0.08), USDU: 28.57 (+0.01), FORX: 42.98 (unch), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), UDNT: 10.33 (-0.15)
Who Wins March Madness In ETFs?
Zacks Funds - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 29, 11:07AM CDT
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, which kicked in last week, will see the champion crowned on April 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. True to what it is popularly hailed as,...
HYG: 90.61 (-0.11), ACWI: 60.02 (-0.62), VGK: 54.22 (-0.90), VEA: 39.83 (-0.57), HEFA: 27.88 (-0.39), VIG: 80.47 (-0.77), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), PWC: 76.20 (-0.46), IWD: 103.08 (-0.79), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
U.S. Stocks: Oh Behave!
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 4:10PM CDT
HEDJ: 66.14 (-0.53), DXJ: 55.12 (-0.97), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), FXY: 81.02 (+0.10), EZU: 38.58 (-0.59), EFA: 64.17 (-1.01), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), FXE: 105.71 (-0.61), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), EWJ: 12.53 (-0.25)
Who Wins March Madness in ETFs? - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 26, 11:18AM CDT
We looked at four factors, namely economic conditions, monetary policies, fundamentals, and investment strategies to pick a winner among ETFs.
HYG: 90.61 (-0.11), PWC: 76.20 (-0.46), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), IWD: 103.08 (-0.79), VGK: 54.22 (-0.90), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), VEA: 39.83 (-0.57), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
10-Year Treasury Yields Likely Headed Higher, Value in Preferred Stock
at The Street - Wed Mar 25, 4:11PM CDT
Heather Loomis, West director of fixed income at J.P. Morgan Private Bank, says investors should seek out preferred stock as bonds are likely headed lower.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), HYG: 90.61 (-0.11), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), GREK: 11.02 (+0.05), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), JNK: 39.22 (-0.01), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), EWU: 18.01 (-0.31), PFF: 40.11 (unch), EWGS: 39.41 (-0.62), EMB: 112.12 (-0.05)
Look for Shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States to Potentially Rebound after Yesterday's 1.59% Sell Off
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Mar 25, 3:48PM CDT
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States (NYSE:EEM) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $39.69 to a high of $40.39. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.6%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $39.84 on volume of 49.4 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EEM: 40.13 (-0.09)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States After 1.59% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Mar 25, 3:47PM CDT
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States (NYSE:EEM) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $39.69 to a high of $40.39. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.6%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $39.84 on volume of 49.4 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EEM: 40.13 (-0.09)
Add Emerging Market Equities To Your Portfolio Now To Boost Its Diversification
Claudio Brocado - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 22, 12:50AM CDT
The only free lunch in finance is diversification. A well-balanced portfolio across asset classes (and within equities, which should be the dominant portion of most long-term portfolios) weathers storms such as the current one better than most...
EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), CIB: 39.33 (+0.37)
FOMC: Connecting The Dots
Enzio von Pfeil - Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 21, 7:32AM CDT
Forget demand-driven inflation; worry about debt inflation in the Submerging Markets Dot plots. We won't bother re-phrasing the Financial Times' (FT's): "In the hours after the Fed's statement was released, its 'dot plot' setting out...
EMFT: 46.89 (unch), EMLB: 85.00 (unch), EWEM: 32.21 (unch), EDZ: 33.16 (+0.31), EMSA: 65.54 (unch), EMCR: 20.40 (+0.28), EET: 69.58 (-0.52), EEV: 18.34 (+0.10), DBEM: 22.16 (-0.10), SCHE: 24.36 (-0.08), XSOE: 25.13 (-0.01), EUM: 25.46 (+0.06), EEME: 43.30 (-0.02), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), ADRE: 34.80 (-0.05), HEEM: 24.48 (-0.11), FEM: 22.19 (-0.11), VWO: 40.87 (-0.03), EDC: 23.69 (-0.16), IEMG: 48.33 (-0.15), GMM: 64.22 (-0.28)
'Fast Money' Recap: How to Buy Into Biotech Without Going Crazy
at The Street - Sat Mar 21, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel looked at biotech stocks and exchange-traded funds and debated the benefits of Google versus Facebook.
TUR: 46.40 (-0.57), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), BIIB: 422.24 (-9.38), GILD: 98.13 (-2.56), CLVS: 74.23 (-0.72), FB: 82.21 (-0.98), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), ALXN: 173.30 (-6.96), IBB: 343.43 (-7.89), AMGN: 159.85 (-4.45), GOOGL: 554.70 (-6.44), MTW: 21.56 (-0.20), CELG: 115.28 (-4.74)
Stop Worrying About Your Emerging Markets Holdings
DTD Capital - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 20, 7:50AM CDT
EEM: 40.13 (-0.09)
Emerging markets give back some post-FOMC gains
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 10:23AM CDT
EMFT: 46.89 (unch), EMLB: 85.00 (unch), EWEM: 32.21 (unch), EDZ: 33.16 (+0.31), EMSA: 65.54 (unch), EMCR: 20.40 (+0.28), EET: 69.58 (-0.52), EEV: 18.34 (+0.10), DBEM: 22.16 (-0.10), SCHE: 24.36 (-0.08), XSOE: 25.13 (-0.01), EUM: 25.46 (+0.06), EEME: 43.30 (-0.02), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), ADRE: 34.80 (-0.05), HEEM: 24.48 (-0.11), FEM: 22.19 (-0.11), RSX: 17.03 (-0.21), VWO: 40.87 (-0.03), EDC: 23.69 (-0.16), EWZ: 31.37 (+0.28), GMM: 64.22 (-0.28), IEMG: 48.33 (-0.15)
Divergence Within Emerging Markets As ZIRP May Come To An End
MarketGyrations - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 18, 8:00AM CDT
TUR: 46.40 (-0.57), EWW: 57.96 (-0.17), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), EZA: 67.02 (+0.09), EWY: 57.24 (-0.34), EWT: 15.74 (-0.03), THD: 79.37 (+0.06), EWZ: 31.37 (+0.28), EWM: 13.29 (-0.04), ERUS: 13.02 (-0.12), EIDO: 27.75 (+0.13), INDA: 31.99 (+0.07), MCHI: 54.50 (-0.29)
Emerging Markets Investing
Manning & Napier - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 18, 4:59AM CDT
The long-term growth prospects in many of the world's developing economies are extraordinary, even more compelling when compared to the slow growth of the developed world. The consumer markets in many of these countries are large, with rapidly...
EMFT: 46.89 (unch), EMLB: 85.00 (unch), EWEM: 32.21 (unch), EDZ: 33.16 (+0.31), EMSA: 65.54 (unch), EMCR: 20.40 (+0.28), EET: 69.58 (-0.52), EEV: 18.34 (+0.10), DBEM: 22.16 (-0.10), SCHE: 24.36 (-0.08), XSOE: 25.13 (-0.01), EUM: 25.46 (+0.06), EEME: 43.30 (-0.02), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), ADRE: 34.80 (-0.05), HEEM: 24.48 (-0.11), FEM: 22.19 (-0.11), VWO: 40.87 (-0.03), EDC: 23.69 (-0.16), IEMG: 48.33 (-0.15), GMM: 64.22 (-0.28)
After Yesterday's Rally of 1.16% Shares Could Potentially Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Mar 17, 3:46PM CDT
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States (NYSE:EEM) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $38.76 to a high of $39.23. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.2%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $39.08 on volume of 53.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EEM: 40.13 (-0.09)
Watch for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 1.16% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Mar 17, 3:46PM CDT
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund/United States (NYSE:EEM) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $38.76 to a high of $39.23. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.2%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $39.08 on volume of 53.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EEM: 40.13 (-0.09)
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: 66.14 (-0.53), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), DFE: 55.65 (-0.54), DXGE: 31.30 (-0.38), EZU: 38.58 (-0.59), VWO: 40.87 (-0.03)
Lessons From Another Tough Week And The Big Day Ahead
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 14, 9:24AM CDT
XLB: 48.78 (-0.49), VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), EWL: 33.21 (-0.46), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), EWJ: 12.53 (-0.25), HEDJ: 66.14 (-0.53), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), KRE: 40.83 (-0.16), FXB: 145.61 (+0.40), OIL: 10.05 (-0.22), XLK: 41.44 (-0.43), FXC: 78.50 (+0.14), FXE: 105.71 (-0.61), EMB: 112.12 (-0.05), SLV: 15.93 (-0.05), XLF: 24.11 (-0.17), VNQ: 84.31 (-0.75), FXF: 100.23 (-0.33), JJC: 32.84 (-0.58), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46), HYG: 90.61 (-0.11), MUB: 110.60 (+0.12), FXY: 81.02 (+0.10), EZU: 38.58 (-0.59), XLU: 44.43 (+0.01), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), XRT: 101.04 (-0.54), FXS: 114.89 (-0.48), XLV: 72.50 (-1.28), GSG: 19.50 (-0.24), PCY: 28.42 (-0.04), EWU: 18.01 (-0.31), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), PFF: 40.11 (unch), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Emerging Markets' Corporate Debt Maturity Squeeze
Constantin Gurdgiev - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 14, 8:06AM CDT
H/T to @RobinWigg for the following chart summing up Emerging Markets' exposure to the USD-denominated corporate debt redemptions calls over 2015-2025. The peak at 2017 and 2018 and relatively high levels for exemptions coming up in 2016, 2019-2020...
EMFT: 46.89 (unch), EMLB: 85.00 (unch), EWEM: 32.21 (unch), EDZ: 33.16 (+0.31), EMSA: 65.54 (unch), EMCR: 20.40 (+0.28), EET: 69.58 (-0.52), EEV: 18.34 (+0.10), DBEM: 22.16 (-0.10), SCHE: 24.36 (-0.08), XSOE: 25.13 (-0.01), EUM: 25.46 (+0.06), EEME: 43.30 (-0.02), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), ADRE: 34.80 (-0.05), HEEM: 24.48 (-0.11), FEM: 22.19 (-0.11), VWO: 40.87 (-0.03), EDC: 23.69 (-0.16), IEMG: 48.33 (-0.15), GMM: 64.22 (-0.28)