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- A Fast Fall for the Russian Ruble
- Ray Hendon submits: The Russian ruble has dropped about 2.5% a month since August, despite being heavily supported by the Bank of Russia. The cause is, of course, the fall in oil prices. About three quarters of Russia’s exports are related to oil, and the revenue generated...
- External links 2008-12-04
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- Carrying the Dollar Upstream
- Ray Hendon submits: The carry trade was a virtual lay-down for most of the last decade. Anyone could play and win. With the constant slide of the greenback, any other currency you chose would be a winner as far as price appreciation was concerned. It took no special skills...
- External links 2008-08-13
- Currencies: Dead Cats and Yapping Dogs
- Ray Hendon submits: There are times of crises when the old order appears to fail. Many cherished relationships and institutions seem upside down: the dollar becomes the peso of the world, and nations long defined by underachievement and bumbling economies, have taken off with soaring growth and balance of...
- External links 2008-08-18
- Four New Currency ETFs from Rydex
- Ray Hendon submits: In my article of last week, I mentioned the only way to buy Hong Kong dollars was through Barclays Asian and Gulf Currency Revaluation ETN PGD . With this fund, in addition to the Hong Kong dollar, you pick up the Saudi...
- External links 2008-08-24
- Brazilian Real: Update to the Downside
- Ray Hendon submits: Brazil has been a stellar attraction to carry traders for well over a year. With a current interest rate over 10% and a strong economy, Brazil is characterized by rising income, increasing exports and an expanding middle class. A recent oil discovery in the South Atlantic, in their...
- External links 2008-08-25
- Report from the Bond War Frontlines
- Ray Hendon submits: In retrospect, 2007 was the year of the bond ETF, and it was the year the bond war began. You can’t have a war with only one army, of course, and prior to 2007, Barclays had the field to itself. They introduced their first two bond ETFs in 2002 (iShares...
- External links 2008-08-28
- Do Foreign Currency ETFs Have a Place in Your Portfolio?
- Ray Hendon submits: Whether you know it or not, you are probably investing in foreign currencies now. If you own an ETF or mutual fund in any international equity or fixed income product, you are taking a currency risk. It’s not an indirect risk; it’s as direct as it...
- External links 2008-08-31
- Hard Time for Soft Currencies
- Ray Hendon submits: August has been hard on emerging market currencies. Note the table below to see how much the currencies of some of the emerging markets fell last month. by Ray Hendon
- External links 2008-09-04
- New Currency ETN from Barclays
- Ray Hendon submits: Barclays Capital announced today, August 4, a new ETN that bundles eight Asian currencies tied to their GEMS Asian 8 Index. It trades under the symbol AYT. Similar to their GEMS Index, which I covered in my August 13th article, "Carrying the Dollar Upstream", the new ETN...
- External links 2008-09-04
- Death of a Bond ETF
- Ray Hendon submits: The announcement came with a press release from the Bear Stearns BSC website that tracked their stillborn baby, the Bear Stearns Active ETF Trust—their Current Yield Fund YYY. Announced on March 10, 2008; it ceases operation on October 1, less than six months spent in suspended animation....
- External links 2008-09-10
- The Birth of a Barclays Currency ETN
- Ray Hendon submits: I have been following developments in currency exchange traded products for a few years. It is a new field, (Rydex introduced the first currency ETF in December, 2005), so it lacks a long history of action/reaction that helps analysts put it all together. And I confess that I...
- External links 2008-09-11
- WisdomTree?s New Bundle of Joy: An Active Currency ETF
- Ray Hendon submits: Currency investors got a present today. WisdomTree announced a new currency bundle, coming near the end of September. According to their website, the new ETF will carry the symbol CEW under the title The Emerging Currency Fund CEW. To my knowledge, it will be the first actively managed currency...
- External links 2008-09-12
- Bond Wars Update: International and Junk
- Ray Hendon submits: There are two areas of bond investing that have seen large inflows this year: international bonds and domestic high yield, otherwise known as junk. The table below displays the results for the international ETFs available in 2008: by Ray Hendon
- External links 2008-09-16
- A Peek Under the Wisdom Tree
- Ray Hendon submits: A mistake is often a good place to start a quest. My recent article on WisdomTree's new currency ETF CEW (WisdomTree's New Bundle of Joy) contained the assertion that it was, to my knowledge, the first actively traded currency ETF. Soon...
- External links 2008-09-24
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