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AdvisorShares Rolls Out Global Opportunities ETF (ACCU)

Michael Johnston — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:33:22 +0000

AdvisorShares added to its rapidly-growing lineup of active ETFs today with the debut of the Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF (ACCU), which utilizes country-specific ETFs with the goal of generating excess returns relative to benchmarks such as the MSCI All Country World Index. Accuvest, the portfolio manager of the new ETF, utilizes a proprietary country ranking model that considers nearly 40 different factors to rank countries from least attractive to most attractive. The new ETF will consist of the five or six country ETFs representing the most attractive markets on a monthly basis [see also Global Titans ETFdb Portfolio]. ACCU is the first ETF to implement that type of “country rotation” strategy. “In an environment where disciplined investors and advisors are searching extensively for alpha, we believe the turmoil in global markets is providing opportunity at a country level,” said David Garff, CIMA, co-Portfolio Manager of ACU. “Our benchmark agnostic approach of using the [...]

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Forget BRIC ETFs: Look To VISTA Nations For Better Opportunities

Eric Dutram — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:45:49 +0000

One of the biggest stories in the investing world over the past few years as been the rise of emerging markets. These countries continue to grow at an impressive clip and are in a much better position from a fiscal perspective than their developed market counterparts. Furthermore, the countries often have more favorable demographics than fully-industrialized nations, suggesting that more gains could be had in the future as well. Unfortunately, many of these trends have become painfully obvious to pretty much every investor, causing many to pile into funds such as EEM or VWO for broad based exposure. Beyond these two funds, another popular choice has been to take a closer look at the BRIC bloc of countries which represents four large emerging markets, Brazil, Russia, India, and China. These four nations have, thanks to their large size and domination of key industries, attracted the lion’s share of assets by [...]

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ETF Insider: Maybe The World Isn’t Ending

Stoyan Bojinov — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:00:25 +0000

The last week was a busy one for investors; the combination of several major earnings reports and advancements in debt discussions on both sides of the Atlantic gave traders plenty to digest. Apple was once again the highlight; the company blew way past analyst expectations, pushing AAPL higher and giving a boost to many tech ETFs in the process. The past several days featured some welcome news from Washington as well, where lawmakers appeared to be on the path towards an ambitious deficit reduction package that would allow for an increase of the debt ceiling and presumably spare the AAA credit rating. Against this backdrop, most of the model ETF portfolios performed quite well, and the actionable ETF ideas for this week delivered some nice returns as well. Actionable ETF Trade Ideas Our picks from Monday’s Insider were fairly rewarding this week, with all three recommendations finishing in positive territory. [...]

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ETF Insider: Debt Woes Subdue Equities

Stoyan Bojinov — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:20:48 +0000

Wall Street started the week in red territory as investors ran from equity markets after sky-high yields on Greek bonds sent waves of panic across all corners of the market. As expected, gold opened higher to start the week and the precious metal continued its upward march past $1,600 an ounce in the days following. Corporate earnings kicked into high gear this week, and several industry giants have already caused quite a stir on the Street. Goldman Sachs left investors hanging after the investment banking behemoth missed analyst expectations, leading to a brief sell-off in the financial equities sector. Equity markets broadly ended higher on Tuesday as investors cheered on news of progress regarding debt-ceiling negotiations. Gold hit an all-time high of $1,610 an ounce on Tuesday while crude oil futures surged over $3 a barrel during the trading session, topping out at $99 a barrel before selling off back [...]

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ETF Insider: Picky Bulls, Broad Bears

Stoyan Bojinov — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:18:15 +0000

Wall Street continued its wild ride last week as equity indexes sank lower after a discouraging downgrade of Ireland to junk status and ongoing worries about the debt ceiling on the home front. Alcoa started the week with upbeat results and Google left investors smiling on Friday as shares soared upwards of 10% after the internet giant crushed analyst expectations. Gold emerged as the strongest performing asset class yet again; the precious metal continues to ride higher as financial markets across the globe largely remain uncertain and last week’s futures prices climbed to record highs of $1,594 an ounce. Our trade recommendations for this week include a defensive position with international exposure in the fixed-income market, while our other two picks are positioned to gain from a rally in select corners of the equity-market from across the globe. Weekly Outlook The coming week is fairly sparse with economic data on [...]

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Middle East ETFs Under Pressure As Protests Intensify

Michael Johnston — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:00:31 +0000

Investors have become familiar with the term “contagion” in recent years, but most are accustomed to hearing the phenomenon discussed in relation to sovereign debt defaults in Europe or across U.S. municipalities. But in recent days the Middle East has seen a wave of revolutionary protests and rallies spread across the region, as what began as calls for democratic overhauls in Cairo has quickly spread to a handful of other countries. U.S. markets were closed on Monday for the President’s Day holiday, with investors focusing on overseas developments anyways. Yemen’s president shot down calls for his resignation that have intensified during ten days of demonstrations throughout the country. “Why do they want to return to chaos?” said Ali Abdullah Saleh, who also offered to sit down to discussions with protestors inspired by movements that forced out leaders in Egypt and Tunisia [see also Examining International Dividend ETFs]. In Bahrain, an [...]

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Harvard Endowment Hearts ETFs

Jared Cummans — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:01:05 +0000

Harvard University is perhaps the most prestigious college in the U.S. As the oldest institution of higher learning in the country, Harvard was also the first corporation chartered in the country. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the university is home to roughly 14,500 students who hail from all over the world. But aside from the obvious academic prestige that Harvard holds, it also has its hands in investing. The Harvard Management Company is a wholly-owned branch of the university, and is in charge of handling the endowment, pension assets, working capital, and non-cash gifts for the entire university. The company was founded in 1974 and now manages approximately 11,000 funds that make up its endowment as a whole [see also ETFs For The “Next 11″ Economies]. The management company recently released its 13F filing which details the major holdings for the money it manages for the university. The company outlined approximately [...]

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Emerging Market ETF Investing: Beyond The BRIC

Eric Dutram — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:00:39 +0000

As the term ‘BRIC’ has entered the average American’s lexicon over the past two decades, many investors have seen the promise and peril of exposure to these rising superpowers. As more have invested and globalization has occurred, the correlation between these markets and industrialized nations has risen substantially; the once untapped markets see billions of dollars flow into and out of their markets based on the risk appetites of developed market investors. While this phenomenon has given many portfolios much needed international exposure, some investors are wary of focusing emerging markets exposure on a handful of international economies that have benefited tremendously from a surge in foreign capital. While almost everyone has heard of the BRIC, other acronyms have entered the world of finance in the past few months. Recently, the Economist came up with a new term to describe six markets that are flying under investors’ radars but may [...]

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Time For An Africa ETF?

Jared Cummans — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:06:21 +0000

For investors looking to establish emerging market exposure, the economies of the BRIC nations are generally the default option. As growth has ground to a halt in the world’s developed economies, interest in emerging markets has surged and investors have begun digging deeper to uncover promising growth opportunities in the developing world. For those with the ability to tolerate a bit of risk, Africa has emerged as an interesting opportunity for exposure to frontier markets. Africa is expected to experience tremendous economic growth over the next several decades; evidence of this boom has already materialized. Africa’s GDP grew by nearly 5% every year from 2000 to 2008. The continent’s consumer, agricultural, natural resource, and infrastructure sectors are projected to turn out revenues of $2.6 trillion a year by 2020. The continent has a bounty of natural resources that are becoming increasingly attractive to foreign investors. Oil is expected to be [...]

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Three ETFs To Watch This Week: TIP, IYT, EZA

Eric Dutram — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:00:31 +0000

Equity markets trended higher in choppy trading last week, as a brutal Wednesday was erased by a 3% surge in major indexes on Thursday. This upswing led to a 2.3% gain on the week for the S&P 500. Oil markets also trended higher on bullish demand data and worries about diminishing supplies; crude closed around $74/bbl., roughly a $3 gain on the week. However, gold was unable to continue its record run and slumped back towards the $1,225 mark as investors embraced risk and snapped up beaten-down assets, putting aside sovereign debt issues for the time being. For the upcoming week, more key central banks will be meeting, including Japan and Switzerland, while a variety of highly-anticipated data releases in the U.S. are on the horizon. Also look for shares of BP to be in focus given the talk of the company suspending its dividends in order to pay for [...]

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