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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
SSGA ETFs Are Turning Japanese	State Street Global Advisors is reaching across the Pacific to try their luck in Japan, starting with a gold-focused exchange traded fund (ETF). By the end of 2008, SSGA plans to list some of their U.S. ETFs on a Japanese exchange, reports Risa Maeda and Yuka Obayashi for Guardian. This month, State Street is cross-listing its gold ETF in Tokyo, in an attempt to attract the mid-sized investor. Six of the provider's funds are available over-the-counter in Japan, including the S&P 500...	June 22, 2008
What Do Fed Rate Cuts Mean to Your Stocks?	Last month, the Fed took a drastic step to cut rate twice by a total of 125 basis points. And with a drop of 225 basis points since last fall, what does this say about likely stock returns? Let’s look at the historical data. Since 1950, the Fed cut more than 200 basis points 11 times in attempts to simulate a faltering economy. Economists believe it takes six months for the rate cuts to take effect which should last for as long as three years. Therefore I examined the one- and three-yea...	March 07, 2008
What Do Fed Rate Cuts Mean to Your Stocks?	Last month, the Fed took a drastic step to cut rate twice by a total of 125 basis points. And with a drop of 225 basis points since last fall, what does this say about likely stock returns? Let’s look at the historical data. Since 1950, the Fed cut more than 200 basis points 11 times in attempts to simulate a faltering economy. Economists believe it takes six months for the rate cuts to take effect which should last for as long as three years. Therefore I examined the one- and three-yea...	March 07, 2008
Which Types of Stocks Are The Most Recession Proof?	We’re already in a recession. Or, that’s what the pundits say. They may well be right. But what will you do about it? Will you follow common wisdom and seek relative safety of large cap stocks? After all, large cap stocks are safer—right? That’s what I had thought too, until I studied the S&P 500 and the Fama/French Small Cap Value benchmark portfolio in all nine recessions going back to 1950. My study looked at time periods of one year and three year returns into a reces...	February 25, 2008
Which Types of Stocks Are The Most Recession Proof?	We’re already in a recession. Or, that’s what the pundits say. They may well be right. But what will you do about it? Will you follow common wisdom and seek relative safety of large cap stocks? After all, large cap stocks are safer—right? That’s what I had thought too, until I studied the S&P 500 and the Fama/French Small Cap Value benchmark portfolio in all nine recessions going back to 1950. My study looked at time periods of one year and three year returns into a reces...	February 25, 2008
Evaluating ETFs: The Cheap and The Overvalued	Related Stocks: DGT, GDX, IEZ, IVV, OEF, XES, XLG Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Sonya Morris for Morningstar reports that an ETF should be judged by the valuation characteristics of its underlying holdings. Complete Story » ...	May 08, 2007
ETFs-The Cheap And The Overvalued	Sonya Morris for Morningstar reports an exchange traded fund (ETF) should be judged by the valuation characteristics of the underlying holdings. One key indicator is the price/fair value ratio. To compute the ratio, they calculate the aggregate market price for the ETFs underlying holdings and divide that number by the asset-weighted fair value estimate of those stocks. Above 1.0 equals overvalued, where market price exceeds fair value and under 1.0 says the ETF is cheap. The Cheap: iShares...	May 07, 2007
Preparing for a ‘Volatility Shock’	Related Stocks: ADRE, AGG, EFA, ICF, IDU, IGE, IVV, IWZ, SPY Geoff Considine (Quantext) submits: Many of my articles on portfolio planning make the point that overall market volatility has been at very low levels over the past several years. During periods of low volatility, investors tend to get increasingly aggressive. This happened during the technology stock boom of the late 1990’s and it is happening now with emerging markets and energy stocks, as well as a range of commodities. Comp...	May 07, 2007
Does a U.S. Market Slump Necessarily Hurt Asia?	Related Stocks: EWH, EWT, FXI, IVV, PGJ, SPY Dr Enzio von Pfeil submits: A Summary of my recent appearance on Bloomberg Television UK and Germany. Complete Story » ...	April 13, 2007

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