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Four “Safe Haven†Markets For U.S. Investors
It must now be horribly clear to everybody with an investment portfolio – indeed, to anyone who watches the financial markets – that no country or sector is safe from a bear market of the magnitude of the one we’re suffering through right now. When stocks get marked down
en masse, as they have, literally everything drops. What’s more, there may be very little rationale for which stocks drop — or how much they drop by: When the wave of selling meets very few buyers, good stocks can easily fall more than bad ones.
Does that mean it’s a waste of time…
29Oct2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedHealthcare In a State of Flux
Long thought to be an industry that could be banked on for stability by defensive investors during periods of turmoil, the healthcare industry should now be carefully navigated.
Two sectors within the industry that are worth noting right now are healthcare providers and biotech. These two sectors have experienced drastically different fates so far in 2008, and the trend might be expected to continue. Year-to-date, the iShares Dow Jones Healthcare Provider Fund (IHF) has choked on a loss of 46.4%. This performance is worse than that of the S&P 500 which is down 39.2% so far this year. It is far…
27Oct2008 | Oxbury Research | Comments Off | ContinuedBuy, Sell or Hold: iShares MSCI Brazil Index
Brazil’s economy has been given a second chance. And so have prospective investors.
Brazil will use that second chance well – shouldn’t we?
Although there are a number of ways to play this promising “BRIC” (Brazil, Russia, India and China) market, including some excellent companies, the best way to capitalize on Brazil’s terrific prospects is through the iShares MSCI Brazil Index (NYSE: EWZ).
In this special in-depth report – in which you will benefit from my special emerging markets expertise – I will demonstrate just why you will want to by this exchange-traded fund (ETF) in increasing increments between now and the end of…
27Oct2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedJapanese iShares Over the Edge? The perfect time to be a bear…
For the better part of ’06 and ‘07 it appeared that the Japan iShares (EWJ:NYSE) was building momentum for another push to the upside. Fortunately for the technically savvy investment crowd, all the signs had become apparently clear that the upside potential wasn’t meant to be.
Back in September of ’06 you can see the first signs of zapped momentum on the multi-year monthly chart above. The MACD indicator had a negative divergence. But it wasn’t until November of ’07 when the DMI trending indicator joined in on the bearish sentiment. Even the Bollinger Bands began to split wide open. Get…
8Feb2008 | S. Oakes | Comments Off | Continued
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