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- Paying Close Attention to Indonesia
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: Indonesia IF has been one of this year’s top performers. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono outlined Wednesday his domestic agenda for the next five years, predicting that if re-elected later this year, Indonesia would record 7 percent annual economic growth by 2014. Analysts are...
- External links 2009-07-02
- Japan (And Its ETF): Continued Weakness
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: Japan has notched up five sequential quarters of decline. This is due to more than slipping demand from overseas. Orders from manufacturers, which tend to focus on exports, rose in May from the previous month. By contrast, orders from sectors such as construction and telecommunications...
- External links 2009-07-10
- ETF Pick of the Week: Sweden
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: The main rationale for recommending iShares MSCI Sweden EWD, which is weighted only 1% in the MSCI World index, is its relative value despite being right at the top in terms of performance this year – up 33%. Trading at just over ten times earnings,...
- External links 2009-07-31
- Questioning the China Growth Story
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: As China-related ETFs end the month continuing to lead year-to-date returns, an army of strategists, including myself, are chipping away at the China growth story questioning the validity and sustainability of economic data coming out of the mainstream financial press. The tripling of lending during the...
- External links 2009-08-05
- Three Strikes Against the Vietnam ETF
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: The new and long-awaited Vietnam ETF has hit the market with much fanfare. Unfortunately, it has three strikes against it. But first here is some basic information on the Market Vectors Vietnam VNM as the first U.S.-listed ETF dedicated to Vietnam....
- External links 2009-08-19
- Singapore Showing Strong Growth
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: Singapore EWS is a high quality, geographically well placed market at the center of the Asian growth story. It is also a smart way to play what for now is a sharp recovery in the region's share prices and economic activity. Singapore's economy surged for...
- External links 2009-10-15
- Emerging Market Bonds Gain Record Fund Flows
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: Brad Durham of EPFR Global reports that although the benchmark Dow Jones index regained the 10,000 mark as the 3Q09 earnings season kicked off with a bang, money kept flowing out of Money Market and US Equity Funds during the second week of October with...
- External links 2009-10-22
- WisdomTree Emerging Currency ETF 'Fills Void in ETF Landscape'
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: WisdomTree (WSDT.PK) and the Dreyfus Corporation, part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, announced today through a press release the listing of the WisdomTree Dreyfus Emerging Currency Fund CEW on the NYSE Arca with an expense ratio of 0.55%. Bruce Lavine, WisdomTree President &...
- External links 2009-05-06
- Natural Gas ETF Has No Mojo
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: This week, natural gas futures fell to the lowest price in more than six years on weakening demand during the recession. The heating and industrial fuel has tumbled 73% from the 2008 high reached in July as consumption contracted. Gas futures for April delivery fell 31.6...
- External links 2009-04-03
- Thailand ETFs Fare Poorly, But Still Engender Optimism
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: Thailand ETFs TF THD have taken a beating this year but perhaps offer some opportunity for long-term investors. The SET index of Bangkok’s 50 largest stocks is on course for its worst year since 1997, while the baht has erased all its gains against the dollar...
- External links 2008-11-24
- China ETF Battle: FXI vs. FXP
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: The battle between China ETFs such as FXI and the ProShares Ultra Inverse China ETF FXP has been an interesting one with wide swings during the past year. FXI is up about 40% from its low but FXP is still substantially ahead on a year-to-date...
- External links 2008-12-15
- Germany Faces Declining Growth
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: Two weeks ago, Wolfgang Muchau of the Financial Times forecast that the German economy would contract between 2 and 4% in 2009. What looked to some like an offbeat forecast has now become conservative. Last week, two of Germany’s large economic institutes forecast a decline...
- External links 2008-12-18
- ETFs Rise as Thailand Gets Yet Another New PM
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: The Thai economy and the Thai Fund TF and iShares Thailand ETF THD have all been buffeted by political turmoil and outright chaos. In only four months there have been three prime ministers. In comparison, Japan's politics looks like a calm ocean of stability. Tim Johnston...
- External links 2008-12-18
- ETF Pick of the Week: iShares MSCI Austria
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: Overview and Rationale: The eight million people of Austria are at the heart of the European continent, and the country's resurgence brings back memories of its historical role as an imperial dealmaker. Vienna still has the regal feel of an imperial capital, much grander...
- External links 2009-01-13
- State Street SPDR ETFs Gain Market Share
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: During 2008, State Street Global Advisor’s SPDR ETFs gained market share while rival iShares lost 5.8% market share in terms of assets under management. State Street Global Advisors’ US ETF market share was 30.0% as of month end, an increase of 4.0% since the beginning of...
- External links 2009-01-19
- Taiwan: Facing Credit Downgrade
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: Today Fitch lowered its outlook on Taiwan's credit rating, saying government debt is likely to be pushed to record levels by aggressive stimulus packages. This will likely have a negative impact on the Taiwan EWT ETF that tracks its market. The downgrade of Taiwan's...
- External links 2009-01-20
- Canada's ETF: Looking Pretty Good
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: The Canada ETF EWC has been a recent Chartwell ETF Pick of the Week. As an affluent, high-tech industrial society in the trillion-dollar class, Canada resembles the US in its market-oriented economic system, pattern of production, and affluent living standards. by Carl T. Delfeld
- External links 2009-01-26
Additional Resources
- ETF Insights: The New Hard Assets Producers ETF
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: The newest member of the innovative Van Eck family of exchange-traded funds is the Market Vectors-RVE Hard Assets Producers ETF HAP, the first and only global hard assets ETF. This ETF seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of The RogersTM -...
- External links 2008-09-04
- Japanese Yen ETF Stands Tall Amid Global Carnage
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: The Japanese yen ETF FXY, a recent ETF Pick of the Week, had an extraordinary surge on Monday as the flight by investors seeking safety from the crisis engulfing global financial markets moved to the next level. Since the start of July, the yen has...
- External links 2008-10-07
- A Look Inside the Mexico ETF
- Carl T. Delfeld submits: Mexico’s constitution states that the petroleum industry is the exclusive province of the state, and Pemex provides close to 40% of the government’s revenue. But since 2005, daily production has dropped 10% and Mexico still has to import 40% of its oil. Given this performance,...
- External links 2008-08-13
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