iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund Falls 1.01% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Rebound
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Mar 24, 12:19PM CDT
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (NYSE:EWJ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $11.28 to a high of $11.35. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.0%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $11.41 on volume of 11.9 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07)
Look for Shares of iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund to Potentially Rebound after Yesterday's 1.01% Sell Off
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Mar 24, 12:18PM CDT
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (NYSE:EWJ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $11.28 to a high of $11.35. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.0%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $11.41 on volume of 11.9 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07)
Virtus Plans to Roll Out Actively Managed Japan ETF
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Mar 14, 2:10PM CDT
Virtus has recently filed for an actively managed ETF, Virtus Japan Alpha ETF (EJA), targeting Japan’s equity market.
DXJ: 43.41 (-0.23), NKY: 17.92 (+0.47), HEWJ: 25.16 (-0.10), DBJP: 33.44 (-0.12), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07)
5 Costly ETF Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid
Neena Mishra - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Mar 11, 2:38PM CST
ETFs have become very popular but there are many misconceptions regarding their use.
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Borat In Hawaii
Scott Sumner - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 10, 4:16AM CST
One of the most interesting things about the long Japanese deflation was the relative stability of the Japanese yen, against the dollar. It's depreciated about 1% since the end of 1993: You'd have expected the Japanese yen to have appreciated...
JYN: 48.77 (unch), JPNH: 21.75 (unch), JPNL: 35.33 (-0.78), FXY: 85.81 (-0.28), HGJP: 31.33 (unch), JPXN: 49.41 (-0.61), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07), DXJ: 43.41 (-0.23), NKY: 17.92 (+0.47), EWV: 53.42 (+0.72), YCL: 61.86 (unch), HEWJ: 25.16 (-0.10), HFXJ: 17.02 (+0.46), DBJP: 33.44 (-0.12), YCS: 76.87 (+0.53), JPP: 43.44 (-0.21), JPN: 21.98 (-0.27), EZJ: 75.30 (-0.94), HEGJ: 23.71 (-1.58), FJP: 44.74 (-0.29), JEQ: 7.23 (-0.05), FXJP: 24.23 (-0.26)
Preparing For The Return Of Volatility
Heidi Richardson - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 10, 1:35AM CST
Although the markets have been relatively stable the last couple of weeks, that doesn't necessarily mean the turbulence we've seen this year is behind us. After all, the catalysts for the volatility we saw in January and February are still here:...
NEAR: 50.00 (-0.01), DTUS: 30.96 (-0.05), QUAL: 64.80 (-0.08), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07), DTUL: 65.07 (-0.47), SCHO: 50.66 (-0.01), TUZ: 51.04 (+0.03), SHY: 84.80 (-0.04), BIL: 45.69 (+0.01), SST: 30.36 (unch), VGSH: 61.05 (-0.02), DGRO: 26.12 (-0.04), SHV: 110.35 (+0.03)
Oil Vs. The High-Yield Effect
DDCapital - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 09, 1:35AM CST
JNK: 34.15 (-0.15), USO: 10.06 (-0.05), HYG: 81.35 (-0.36), SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), XOP: 29.78 (+0.37), LQD: 117.89 (-0.05), UWTI: 23.78 (-0.43), EZU: 33.84 (-0.33), VCSH: 79.67 (-0.03), MCHI: 41.24 (-0.20), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07)
Despite An Uptick In Equities; Fund Investors Remain Risk Adverse
Lipper Alpha Insight - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 08, 1:25PM CST
By Tom Roseen Generally ignoring mixed economic news, equity investors continued to follow the lead of oil prices throughout the fund-flows week ended March 2, 2016. On Thursday, February 25, markets rallied, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), GLD: 116.33 (-0.28), IYR: 75.43 (+0.06), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07)
March 2016 Perspective
Manning & Napier - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 08, 9:33AM CST
The U.S. Economy A revised estimate of real gross domestic product (GDP) showed that the economy expanded at a 1.0% annualized rate in the fourth quarter, up from an initial estimate of 0.7% growth. A change to inventories accounted for...
VGK: 47.55 (-0.33), FEZ: 32.70 (-0.34), FKU: 36.42 (-0.16), DBEU: 24.62 (-0.19), FEP: 28.25 (-0.20), FIEU: 84.34 (-2.47), IEUR: 40.24 (-0.34), UPV: 36.17 (-0.65), HFXE: 17.25 (-0.10), FEU: 29.59 (-0.20), RINF: 27.48 (-0.01), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07), NKY: 17.92 (+0.47), DXJ: 43.41 (-0.23), HEDJ: 51.68 (-0.47), DXPS: 22.92 (-0.24), HGEU: 35.00 (-0.33), SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), HFXJ: 17.02 (+0.46), FXP: 45.29 (+0.65), DBEZ: 24.48 (-0.24), PGJ: 29.60 (+0.06), DBUK: 21.96 (unch), JPP: 43.44 (-0.21), JPN: 21.98 (-0.27), YAO: 22.85 (-0.11), QGBR: 47.96 (unch), EEA: 7.65 (-0.08), FXI: 32.74 (-0.23), GXC: 67.99 (-0.29), XPP: 40.47 (-0.67), JPNH: 21.75 (unch), ADRU: 19.04 (-0.11), JPNL: 35.33 (-0.78), EZU: 33.84 (-0.33), UK: 20.50 (+0.01), JPXN: 49.41 (-0.61), MCHI: 41.24 (-0.20), EWV: 53.42 (+0.72), SBEU: 23.72 (unch), YANG: 26.84 (+0.53), ARGT: 18.99 (+0.06), HEWJ: 25.16 (-0.10), IEV: 38.40 (-0.28), EWU: 15.39 (-0.05), HEWU: 22.79 (unch), YXI: 30.80 (+0.41), FJP: 44.74 (-0.29), JEQ: 7.23 (-0.05), FXJP: 24.23 (-0.26), HFEZ: 32.81 (-0.18), JFC: 14.87 (-0.19), HEGE: 30.81 (unch), FEUZ: 30.50 (-0.27), HGJP: 31.33 (unch), YINN: 13.08 (-0.28), EPV: 61.37 (+0.86), DBJP: 33.44 (-0.12), CHN: 14.33 (-0.15), FCA: 18.60 (-0.15), EZJ: 75.30 (-0.94), HEZU: 24.35 (-0.25), EURL: 20.56 (-0.46), FEEU: 81.45 (-1.27), CXSE: 44.57 (-0.82), GCH: 8.14 (-0.10), TDF: 16.59 (-0.13), HEGJ: 23.71 (-1.58), CN: 27.47 (-0.53)
Is The U.S. Stock Market Rally For Real?
Kristina Hooper - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 08, 4:27AM CST
Transports lead the way Amid the raft of mixed market data this quarter, investors may not have noticed that the Dow Jones Transportation Average has risen more than 15% from the lows it hit in late January. Transports have always been viewed as an...
PKB: 24.27 (+0.05), UBR: 35.20 (-1.26), BNO: 12.52 (-0.04), USDU: 26.66 (+0.03), RINF: 27.48 (-0.01), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07), DXJ: 43.41 (-0.23), NKY: 17.92 (+0.47), SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), HFXJ: 17.02 (+0.46), FXP: 45.29 (+0.65), DNO: 81.39 (+0.54), PGJ: 29.60 (+0.06), ITB: 26.20 (+0.09), JPP: 43.44 (-0.21), JPN: 21.98 (-0.27), YAO: 22.85 (-0.11), GXC: 67.99 (-0.29), FXI: 32.74 (-0.23), XPP: 40.47 (-0.67), JPNH: 21.75 (unch), XTN: 45.41 (-0.13), DTO: 167.60 (+2.60), JPNL: 35.33 (-0.78), JPXN: 49.41 (-0.61), UUP: 24.93 (+0.01), MCHI: 41.24 (-0.20), EWV: 53.42 (+0.72), YANG: 26.84 (+0.53), HEWJ: 25.16 (-0.10), FJP: 44.74 (-0.29), EWZ: 25.68 (+0.01), YXI: 30.80 (+0.41), DWTI: 143.75 (+2.26), JEQ: 7.23 (-0.05), FXJP: 24.23 (-0.26), JFC: 14.87 (-0.19), BZQ: 42.90 (+0.03), OLO: 5.88 (+0.10), HGJP: 31.33 (unch), YINN: 13.08 (-0.28), XHB: 32.78 (+0.03), DBJP: 33.44 (-0.12), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), OIL: 5.30 (-0.06), FCA: 18.60 (-0.15), CHN: 14.33 (-0.15), EZJ: 75.30 (-0.94), OLEM: 14.69 (-0.11), IYT: 142.06 (-0.61), FBZ: 10.86 (-0.46), USO: 10.06 (-0.05), BRZU: 72.53 (-0.35), UCO: 9.58 (-0.12), UWTI: 23.78 (-0.43), DBBR: 9.26 (-0.21), CXSE: 44.57 (-0.82), SCO: 122.17 (+1.37), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), SZO: 98.04 (+1.94), DBO: 7.80 (-0.07), GCH: 8.14 (-0.10), TDF: 16.59 (-0.13), HEGJ: 23.71 (-1.58), UDN: 21.98 (-0.01), CN: 27.47 (-0.53), USL: 16.57 (-0.13)
Asset Class Performance Using ETFs: 3/7/16
Bespoke Investment Group - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 08, 4:14AM CST
Below is a look at the performance of various asset classes today using our key ETF matrix. While the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY ) was flat, the Nasdaq 100 (NASDAQ: QQQ ) finished down 62 basis points due to weakness in "FANG" stocks ( FB , AMZN , ...
EWI: 12.10 (-0.10), EWH: 19.20 (-0.13), EWG: 25.17 (-0.26), IJR: 109.17 (+0.33), FXY: 85.81 (-0.28), EWQ: 23.69 (-0.28), HFXI: 17.47 (+0.10), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07), IWV: 119.12 (unch), INP: 61.95 (+0.24), IWB: 112.62 (unch), SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), IJH: 140.91 (+0.09), FXB: 138.42 (+0.34), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), FXE: 109.26 (+0.01), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32), EWZ: 25.68 (+0.01)
BOJ's Kuroda: No more rate cuts for now
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 04, 2:52AM CST
DXJF: 19.49 (-0.45), JPMV: 56.79 (-0.10), DXJH: 32.60 (+0.16), JDG: 22.95 (+0.81), JSC: 52.78 (-0.13), DFJ: 54.96 (-0.16), HGJP: 31.33 (unch), DXJS: 31.06 (-0.11), DXJR: 25.86 (-0.19), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07), DXJT: 23.38 (-0.27), NKY: 17.92 (+0.47), DXJ: 43.41 (-0.23), HFXJ: 17.02 (+0.46), QJPN: 62.80 (unch), DBJP: 33.44 (-0.12), JPP: 43.44 (-0.21), JPN: 21.98 (-0.27), EZJ: 75.30 (-0.94), DXJC: 20.95 (+0.16), JHDG: 22.24 (-0.28), JPNH: 21.75 (unch), JPNL: 35.33 (-0.78), SCJ: 57.50 (-0.22), JPXN: 49.41 (-0.61), EWV: 53.42 (+0.72), HEWJ: 25.16 (-0.10), JOF: 9.72 (+0.04), HEGJ: 23.71 (-1.58), FJP: 44.74 (-0.29), JEQ: 7.23 (-0.05), FXJP: 24.23 (-0.26)
Their Recovery
Jeffrey Snider - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 03, 12:41AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider As I often write, in Japan it is far more difficult to hide the failure of "stimulus." There are varying degrees of visibility in that regard around the QE world, but they all share negative redistribution as the base alloy....
JYN: 48.77 (unch), JPNH: 21.75 (unch), JPNL: 35.33 (-0.78), FXY: 85.81 (-0.28), HGJP: 31.33 (unch), JPXN: 49.41 (-0.61), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07), DXJ: 43.41 (-0.23), NKY: 17.92 (+0.47), EWV: 53.42 (+0.72), YCL: 61.86 (unch), HEWJ: 25.16 (-0.10), HFXJ: 17.02 (+0.46), DBJP: 33.44 (-0.12), YCS: 76.87 (+0.53), JPP: 43.44 (-0.21), JPN: 21.98 (-0.27), EZJ: 75.30 (-0.94), HEGJ: 23.71 (-1.58), FJP: 44.74 (-0.29), JEQ: 7.23 (-0.05), FXJP: 24.23 (-0.26)
After Yesterday's Rally of 1.43% Shares Could Potentially Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Mar 02, 6:30PM CST
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (NYSE:EWJ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $11.26 to a high of $11.33. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.4%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $11.18 on volume of 28.9 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07)
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund Set to Possibly Pullback After Yesterday's Rally of 1.43%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Mar 02, 6:30PM CST
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (NYSE:EWJ) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $11.26 to a high of $11.33. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.4%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $11.18 on volume of 28.9 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07)
NIRP Backlash... In Japan
Jeffrey Snider - Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 20, 9:33AM CST
Maybe after a couple generations the Japanese have finally had enough. Perhaps QQE was large enough so as to leave no doubt that not only did it fail, but that it was the same result registered time and again before. The Bank of Japan has promulgated...
JPNH: 21.75 (unch), JPNL: 35.33 (-0.78), JPXN: 49.41 (-0.61), HGJP: 31.33 (unch), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07), DXJ: 43.41 (-0.23), NKY: 17.92 (+0.47), EWV: 53.42 (+0.72), HEWJ: 25.16 (-0.10), HFXJ: 17.02 (+0.46), DBJP: 33.44 (-0.12), JPP: 43.44 (-0.21), EZJ: 75.30 (-0.94), JPN: 21.98 (-0.27), HEGJ: 23.71 (-1.58), FJP: 44.74 (-0.29), JEQ: 7.23 (-0.05), FXJP: 24.23 (-0.26)
Sell The Bear Market Rally And Revisit Out-Of-Favor Stocks
William Koldus, CFA, CAIA - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 10:36AM CST
KMI: 18.09 (+0.34), TSLA: 227.75 (+5.17), GE: 31.11 (+0.04), EWG: 25.17 (-0.26), ACWI: 55.23 (-0.12), FCX: 10.11 (+0.36), XOM: 83.98 (+0.23), TLT: 129.54 (+0.05), GOOG: 735.30 (-2.76), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07), T: 38.88 (+0.34), JNJ: 108.31 (-0.19), SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), JPM: 59.48 (-0.46), GOOGL: 754.84 (-2.72), TWTR: 15.91 (-0.10), MSFT: 54.21 (+0.24), X: 15.78 (+0.94), AAPL: 105.67 (-0.46), FXI: 32.74 (-0.23), KO: 45.58 (+0.12), AMZN: 582.95 (+13.32), HD: 130.46 (+0.24), FB: 113.05 (+0.51), PFE: 30.08 (-0.11), DIS: 97.22 (+0.39), WFC: 48.90 (-0.86), NFLX: 98.36 (-1.23), IWD: 97.84 (-0.11), PG: 82.89 (+0.07), IWF: 98.23 (unch), VZ: 53.56 (+0.65)
Currency Hedging ETFs: 0%, 50%, 100% Or X%?
Kai Cheng - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 19, 8:57AM CST
Currency factor played a critical role in regards to the portfolio rate of return. Sometimes its impact exceeds the underlying asset itself. So it's no wonder currency hedging concepts and related ETFs are so popular these years. Let's take Japan...
DXJ: 43.41 (-0.23), HFXJ: 17.02 (+0.46), DDJP: 23.53 (unch), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07)