iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index (EFG)

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    WEBISKING
    Aug 13 09:24 AM
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    The Pendulum Will Swing Back to Value Stocks [view article]
    value stocks like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Anyone who buys a bank is probbaly not a value investor unless their last name is Buffett. Understanding the investments the banks have made in thepast years is nea impossible for all but a couple like WEB. Reply
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    RobinAllenso
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    Aug 12 10:43 AM
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    The Pendulum Will Swing Back to Value Stocks [view article]
    "Given that growth rarely outperforms value for any stretch of time, I believe that the relative outperformance of value must be just around the corner" -- it ain't necessarily so. There have been a number of 3, 5 and much longer stretches where growth has beaten value, but just not in the last while. The key questions remain: when and why do value beat growth and why? I expect growth to be the right bet for some time yet. Reply
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    ETF Wanderer
    Aug 12 10:00 AM
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    The Pendulum Will Swing Back to Value Stocks [view article]
    i have been tracking the value-growth spread as a part of my regular work. this month should have been really good for value out-performance, with the bounce back in financials etc.

    however, if you take a look at the charts of the value-growth spreads (e.g. avg earnings yield of top decile minus bottom decile), they have broken long term trend lines and appear quite negative to say.

    any correction or reversal in value-growth characteristics of any stock can happen by either the price or the value measure. for instance, suppose we use earnings/price as a measure, then a stock can change from value to growth by either change in the earnings or change in the price term - and a change in the price is what is commonly called as "value trap" - more specially a lot of companies which are value companies only because their declared earnings haven't kept inline with their prices. the level of companies in possible "value trap"s are also quite extremely high at present (i am assuming that you are well versed with all these).

    i agree value should outperform growth in the long run, but currently the level of value traps and the break in the trends indicate otherwise and the bounce-back in financials is good, but we will have to wait and see if it is not a dead-cat bounce (as someone else on this blog has put it).     Reply
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    Calvin C.
    Jul 28 10:26 PM
    ETFs Trading at a Discount With Hope [view article]
    How are expenses calculated anyways? Can anyone point me out? Do I pay a transaction fee when I purchase ETFs? I'm asking this because I've been scalping a few ETFs. Reply
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    datalink1995
    Jul 28 10:02 AM
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    ETFs Trading at a Discount With Hope [view article]
    All the ones I checked at ETFconnect.com show a PREMIUM not a discount. Reply
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    ETF Wanderer
    May 13 12:23 PM
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    Exchange-Traded Funds and Closed-End Funds by Asset Class, Type and Provider [view article]
    can you please update this list? thanks. Reply
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    Ames
    Tiedeman
    Apr 27 05:20 PM
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    ETF Fund Revenues: A View from the Bottom [view article]
    Nice data! Thanks! Reply
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    SeekingAlpha
    Editors
    Apr 06 05:17 AM
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    General Discussion on EFG
    Is this a buy or a sell? Reply
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    p2pvoice
    Jan 09 01:39 AM
    The Problem With BRIC in 2008 [view article]
    The author is warning us more about China than any other BRIC countries...may he should have entitled his article: "The Problem With China in 2008".

    Some of us may remember the "Goldilocks" scenario in the US everyone talked about: Low inflation, low interest rates, high GDP...well some of the BRIC countries have that now.     Reply
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    astralguide.
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    Jan 08 12:34 PM
    The Problem With BRIC in 2008 [view article]
    Thomas. Right on Enron China.

    Well Washington going haywire and real cause of current state of affairs obviously. This is like Mr Bean running the United states or even worse. In fact If Mr Bean was at helm we would have at least a good economy despite all gaffes.

    Now despite Mr Bean running washington US markets will by pass the washingtonian corruption. Washingon is not the capital of the USA but Iraq currently. The moment the US market makers know that fact things can improve in hours. When in bad times, they say, the common sense, gets eclipsed by panic.     Reply
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    Tom B
    Jan 08 10:38 AM
    The Problem With BRIC in 2008 [view article]
    Enron, China-- same deal.

    "US markets will boom very shortly. "

    I assume you mean in a year, when we might get some adult supervision in Washington?     Reply
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    astralguide.
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    Jan 07 05:48 PM
    The Problem With BRIC in 2008 [view article]
    Question is not that BRIC will implode and will have serious downfall, but when. BRIC is not following the US markets as you see, which used to be the traditional case. However despite all US markets behaviour still does impact the world markets. Once the US institutionals bring some of the world market funds back to the US, which will happen sooner than later, it will strengthen the US markets and the talk of recession will fade away.
    US markets will boom very shortly. We will write about the timing on our site soon and possibly share at seekingalpha.com

    Now coming back to BRIC once the US markets turn back to bullish, BRIC will have some spectacular falls.     Reply
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    User 110789
    Oct 03 06:54 PM
    Exchange-Traded Funds and Closed-End Funds by Asset Class, Type and Provider [view article]
    Are there any EFT funds that are purelt composed of vietnam companies? lasmatas@yahoo.com Reply
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    ap4411
    Jun 27 11:12 PM
    The Style Cube: Third Dimension Is International [view article]
    Good article, Brett. In the six months since you posted the article, are there any new ETFs in the international developed markets (EAFE) area that cover small-cap value? I'm especially interested in small-cap value as long-term trends seem to show the small-cap value outperformed other areas of the style box (at least in the US), and I imagine the same dynamics may be at play in Europe and other developed markets as well.

    Thanks,
    Neil P.     Reply
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