iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA)

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  • commenter
    Elwood Blues
    Oct 11 05:02 PM
    iShares ETF Tracking Error: Risks and Explanations [view article]
    Jim W.. timely article, looking at the data on AGG up through 9/30 I'd conclude, ok, not bad.. then AGG totally blew up on Friday Oct 10. Any ideas why? I stopped out on a sizable holding. No more iShats for me, they may have a nice website but I think Barclays stole my hard earned money. Reply
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    Richard Shaw
    Oct 11 02:25 PM
    My Website
    Key Asset Class Returns of the Week [view article]
    Andrew, I would if they had public funds with prices my software could download. Mostly I focus on passive index funds in these tables. There are passive index and rules driven commodities funds in the list from Barclays and Deutsche Bank. Sorry I don't have the active managed futures funds. Reply
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    andrew
    Abraham
    Oct 11 02:18 PM
    My Website
    Key Asset Class Returns of the Week [view article]
    Hello Richard.. I would suggest you might add Managed Futures on your list... Depending on the CTA... they have seemed to have held up and been proftable...

    Andrew Abraham
    myinvestorsplace.com     Reply
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    williambanza
    i7
    Oct 11 01:11 AM
    Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    SUBTERRANEAN DOW JONES BLUES
    (to Subterranean Homesick Blues, Bob Dylan)
    WilliamBanzai7

    Johnny's in the basement
    Trading on the internet
    Out on the pavement
    Thinking about the government
    The banker in the trench coat
    Kicked out, laid off
    Says he's got a bad cough
    And wants his mortgage paid off
    Look out kid
    It's that bad trade you did
    God knows when
    But you're doin' it again
    You better duck down the alley way
    Lookin' for a new scam
    The man in the red cap
    With the the big bailout pen
    100 Billion dollar bills
    You gotta find some new thrills

    Big Mack's got a big position to foot
    Morgan's full of CDS soot
    Talkin' that Lehman put
    All of us on same bus but
    The markets tanked anyway
    Mack says that many say
    We can go bust anyday
    Orders in from Ebay
    Look out kid
    Don't matter what you did
    Walk on your winged tip toes
    Don't try "No Doz"
    Better stay away from those
    Carry round a financial fire hose
    Hard to keep a clean nose
    Watch the men in plain clothes
    You don't need a weather map
    To know which way your stock goes

    Get sick, get well
    Hang around a red ink well
    Closing bell, hard to tell
    If anything their goin' to sell
    Try hard, get tarred
    Get back, go to jail
    Get enjoined, jump bail
    Join a hedge fund, if you fail
    Look out kid
    You're gonna get hit
    But losers, cheaters
    Crooked subprime CDO dealers
    Hang around with 500 dollar Chelsea strippers
    Sitting in the toxic asset whirlpool
    Lookin' for a new fool
    Don't follow market leaders
    Watch the Federal debt meter

    Ah get burned, keep warm
    Shorts dance, lose your pants
    Get dressed, sell distressed
    Try to be a new success
    Please buy, don't sell
    Its a steal, need a lift
    Twenty years of Wall Street hell
    And they put you on a burger shift
    Look out kid
    Try to keep it all hid
    Better jump through a loophole
    Light yourself a roman candle
    Don't get caught wearing Greek sandals
    Try to avoid the market scandals
    Don't wanna be a Wall Street bum
    You better chew some new gum
    The Fed pump don't work
    Cause the vandals stole the handles     Reply
  • commenter
    dtv999
    Oct 11 12:49 AM
    iShares ETF Tracking Error: Risks and Explanations [view article]
    The discount could be due to the early closing of ETFs. If the market rallies in the last 15(?) minutes, there will be a discount. Powershares says that somewhere on the site. Reply
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    Joe1234987
    Oct 10 04:20 PM
    iShares ETF Tracking Error: Risks and Explanations [view article]
    Why the heck are all the ETF trading at 5%+ discounts to asset value? I'm in BWX and called State Street and they couldn't really explain it. They said there are "market makers" that arbitrage for a living but offered no explanation. Can a "market maker" explain why the spreads are so high?! Is there counterparty risk involved?

    Look at these spreads!
    www.etfconnect.com/sel...     Reply
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    Valparaiso
    Oct 10 04:18 PM
    Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    Unbelievable charts, Dave. And I appreciated seeing the INDU chart from that perspective.

    To Another Dave: uh, did you ever ponder to think that one has to SUBSCRIBE to his newsletter if you want his recommendations? Knock, knock.     Reply
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    davemcc3300
    Oct 10 02:56 PM
    Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    David, I'm another fan that uses your work to distill what has happened. I hunger for some of your recommendations tho. You're old enough and sharp enough to have gut feelings worth airing.

    But if you don't tell us how/where to focus our investments in the future, I'll still love you and study your wonderful charts.

    Another Dave     Reply
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    Aalan
    Oct 10 01:30 PM
    iShares ETF Tracking Error: Risks and Explanations [view article]
    iShares has a good web site; Powershares has a better one, IMO.

    As far as credit risk goes, I've been more cautious about iShares recently because Barclay's is on the edge of insolvency, with asset-to-equity leverage of about 60:1, last time I looked. Scary stuff.

    I wouldn't count on tracking error to provide returns. Better to pick a winning index, right?     Reply
  • commenter
    phdinsuntann
    ing
    Oct 10 01:27 PM
    My Website
    Weapons of Financial Mass Destruction [view article]
    Gary star shines in all the dark matter of a the financial casino universe. Japan is the house, and the house never loose. Reply
  • commenter
    searcher
    Oct 10 01:18 PM
    iShares ETF Tracking Error: Risks and Explanations [view article]
    You can call it anything but such 'error' is hedging. I don't buy an index to have the 'consolidator' hedge for me. That is for the same reason I don't buy foreign securities or the same indirectly from the consolidator if they hedge currency. Reply
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    User 270430
    Oct 10 12:36 PM
    Weapons of Financial Mass Destruction [view article]
    Indeed, long but good. Reply
  • commenter
    dc1
    Oct 10 11:50 AM
    Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    Hi David,

    Thanks for the WS humor. We all need that around now. It is definitely something to save for later pick me ups.

    PS Love the charts. Thanks again for the effort.     Reply
  • commenter
    shari greer
    Oct 10 11:47 AM
    Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    Still having a sense of humor is quite telling!!
    However, your charts unfortunatley remind me of my
    husbands recent two week stay in the hospital following
    open heart surgery.... wasn't pretty... but he
    has survived the experience... hope the nation will to...
    (From my lips to God's ears!!)     Reply
  • commenter
    Fu Dog
    Oct 10 11:14 AM
    Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets [view article]
    User 143705 dot dot dot. I see you're out of the institution now and back trashing the Seeking Alpha sites again.

    User 143705
    Sep 10 01:00 PM
    value what u have to say....but say it plainly...hate ur vagueness

    User 143705
    Sep 16 09:21 AM
    cut the crap....bullet riddled..not proff....talk plain to us ....cant make out what ur call is

    User 143705
    Sep 16 09:21 AM
    cut the crap....bullet riddled..not proff....talk plain to us ....cant make out what ur call is
    Thanks for showing class Rugby Man. Ladies and gentlemen, if you want America to all pitch in and fix this, then be prepared to throw a link or brief response to uneducated folks coming here looking for answers. Are we leadership here or not? And to you posters here, this is an investment website. Some of the brightest individuals on earth are here to help. But you must show some class and limit understandable frustrations into coherent questions. Google is also out there for general economic and financial terms.     Reply
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