Tag: Buying Opportunity

Is This The Best Japan ETF?

| February 17, 2016 | 0 Comments
Is This The Best Japan ETF?

The Japanese stock market is struggling along with everything else in 2016. The popular iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund $EWJ is down 11% this year.  But that’s after a 7% bounce over the last few days. And don’t forget that Japanese stocks have been moving lower since mid-2015.  EWJ is down 18% from the 52-week […]

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When Is Bad News Good News?

| February 8, 2014 | 0 Comments
When Is Bad News Good News?

Investors let their guard down and took a punch right on the chin to start 2014. As this chart from Bloomberg shows – the perception of the health of financial markets had reached an all-time high. Here’s the thing… risk happens fast.  Looking back it’s easy to see.  Hindsight’s always 20/20. Investor expectations were running […]

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Which Sectors Will Hold Up?

| January 24, 2014 | 0 Comments
Which Sectors Will Hold Up?

The selloff on Wall Street is accelerating to the downside… Over the last month, only three of the nine Sector SPDR ETFs are positive.  The health care sector is the best performer with a 3.41% gain, the utilities sector is next with a 1.94% gain, and technology’s 1.13% gain is the only other sector that’s up […]

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