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A Selective Investment in Scandinavia
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As evidence of commercial interest in developing an ETF for the Nordic region, Global X Management has recently filed for such a product , based on the FTSE Nordic 30 Index. The Global X filing specifies that, "The underlying index tracks the performance of the 30 largest and most liquid companies in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. The Adviser uses a passive or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective."
In contrast, the ETFI Nordic Region PerformIdex is a semi-active ETF proposa...
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A NordiCaps Region Index
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-13.14%
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<> Top 10 Rated Nordic Companies <>  Nordic Region: Stats for All 116 & Top 40 Companies  Nordic Region: Breakdown by Country  <>
As evidence of commercial interest in developing an ETF for the Nordic region, Global X Management has recently filed for such a product, based on the FTSE Nordic 30 Index . The Global X filing specifies that, "The underlying index tracks the performance of the 30 largest and most liquid companies in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. The Adviser uses a passive or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fu...
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NordiCaps Region Index: Analysis & Statistics For Each Country
EWD
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-29.98%
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(closed on 10/03/08)
<> An analysis of the 116 companies included in my NordiCaps Region Index reveals the top performing Scandinavian country was Norway on both average (-1.8%) and market cap-weighted (+6.3%) trailing 52-week stock price performance, finishing well ahead of runner-up Denmark with a weighted loss of 3.2% and an average loss of 14.7%. Iceland fared worst of all the Nordic region companies with just 5 companies eligible and losses of 42% (weighted) and 49.2% (average) over the past year. The accompanying tables break down the performance of the component stocks for each of the five Nord...
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NordiCaps Region Top 50 ETF & 116-Company Index
EWD
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(closed on 08/12/08)
Table of 66 Other Companies  Table of NordiCaps Top 50 Active Companies
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<> Moving beyond the single country focus of exchange-traded funds [ETFs] such as iShares Sweden (EWD), I have developed a NordiCaps Region Stock Index and Top 50 market cap-weighted ETF proposal which includes 116 companies based in the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden with market caps over $1 billion US Dollars as of the market close on August 11, 2008. The Nordic region is expected to outperform both the United States [US] and the EU...
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NordiCaps Regional Stock Index: Tracking Scandinavia's Finest
EWD
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+3.43%
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(closed on 08/11/08)
<> Moving beyond the single country focus of exchange-traded funds [ETFs] such as the iShares MSCI Sweden Index ( EWD ), I have developed a NordiCaps Region Stock Index which includes 120 companies based in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden with market caps over $1 billion US Dollars. I have also developed a ratings formula to choose 40 active companies on a quarterly basis for a semi-active ETF proposal, factoring in each company’s trailing 52-week stock price change, market cap weighting, and revenue weighting and then choosing the 40 active stocks based on the highe< />< /><>< />< /><><><><><><><><><>< />< /><>< />...
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From the Blogosphere
The Trading Range
After a strong start on Monday, we spent the next four days trading around and ultimately finishing up at the same exact level where we closed back on Monday:
<>With Monday's big gain, the S&P 500 gained +2.26%, Dow +2.46%, Nasdaq +2.62%, and the Russell 2000 +1.02%. To make the big money this week being long real estate (DRN), semiconductors (USD), emerging markets (EDC), basic materials (UYM), agriculture (DAG), financials (FAS), and large caps (BGU) offered nice returns. Relative strength was also seen in Russia (RSX), Mexico (EWW), India (INP), Sweden (EWD) and Australia (EWA).
<>Read mo...
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Saturday Morning Review
In spite of a rough start on Monday, the market continued to impress by closing the week at new recovery highs. On Friday, helped by a better than expected existing home sales report, the S&P cleared a key Fibonacci level at S&P 1014.
<>For the week, the S&P 500 rallied +0.84%, Dow +0.86%, Nasdaq +0.64%, and the Russell 2000 +1.50%.
<>To make the big money this week you had to be long international finance (IPF), energy (ERX), environmental services (EVX), crude (UCO), small caps (TNA), and health care (RXL). There were also some noteworthy gains in Turkey (TUR) and Sweden (EWD). Sectors t...
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ETF expert eyes Sweden
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 "Our latest pick is iShares Sweden (NYSE: EWD); Sweden is a high quality, fiscally strong country with top flight multinationals in its ETF basket," says Carl Delfeld in Chartwell ETF.
"The main rationale for recommending Sweden, which is weighted only 1% in the MSCI World index, is its relative value despite being right at the top in terms of performance this year – up 33%. <>"Trading at just over ten times earnings, it seems oversold compared with many other European developed markets trading in the mid and high teens as well as some emerging markets such as Mexico at 18 times, Taiwan at ...
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Words from the investment wise June 14, 2009
Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (June 8 – 14, 2009) “Words from the Wise” this week comes to you in a shortened format as “day-job” responsibilities precludes me from doing a comprehensive commentary. However, a full dose of excerpts from interesting news items and quotes from market commentators is provided. <>Signs of stability characterized trading on financial markets during the past week. As investors placed their bets on a global economic recovery, equities, base metals and crude oil made further headway, with long-term government bond yields remaining at ...
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Home On The Range
Although we've seen a couple of attempts to break out, we remain deadlocked in the same trading range we've been in since the first day of June.
<>For the week, the S&P 500 gained +0.65%, Dow +0.41%, Nasdaq +0.51%, and the Russell 2000 fell b>-0.67%.
According to Bloomberg, the S&P 500 hasn't posted a daily rise or fall of 1% or more since June 4, the longest stretch in 14 months. Since Sept. 15, when Lehman Brothers filed the largest-ever U.S. bankruptcy, 131 out of the 188 trading days have had moves of that size.
<>Nevertheless, to do well this week you had to be long crude (UCO), utili...
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