http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/ishares Blog Articles Tagged with 'ishares' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1148123?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares The accompanying table (click to enlarge) includes the top 50 rated companies and statistics for the ETF Innovators (ETFI) Global Transportation PerformIdex, which is structured as an equally-weighted index with quarterly updates from a database of ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:13:55 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1148123?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1148059?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares Barclays Global Investors has gotten the green light from the SEC to build an exchange traded fund that invests in other ETFs.Naturally, this will pave a path for other providers to walk down as well. BGI is taking their iShares target-date retiremen... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:21:44 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1148059?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147861?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares The accompanying table presents 10 small and micro-cap companies from a variety of industries which are trading at value parameters, with average valuations for the group of 0.54X trailing 12-month sales, 0.44X enterprise value to sales, 0.88X book ... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:02:55 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147861?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147146?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares As investors prepare for President-elect Obama to take office in January, attention should be paid to the sectors that will be impacted most by changes in policy. The healthcare sector, one of Obama s key focal points, may present unique opportunit... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:18:57 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147146?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147158?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares The iShares family of exchange traded funds saw the addition of a new type of family member on November 7: target date funds and their cousin, target risk funds. The seven target date funds are the second such set of ETFs to reach the market; XShares... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:19:49 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1147158?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145243?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares The matrix below is from Barclay s iShares, showing the 1-year total return correlation between the S&P 500 (proxy [[SPY]]) and several key bond fund types available from iShares:(AGG): Lehman Aggregate Bonds(SHY): 1-3 year Treasuries(IEI): 3-7 yea... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:19:12 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145243?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145092?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares The ETFI Global Railroad PerformIdex (click to enlarge) includes 41 companies with market caps over $200M and is structured as a market cap weighted index, with a total return of -12.7% over the past year, as compared to a decline of 20.7% for IYT i... Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:15:22 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1145092?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143765?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares From October 14 through October 29, iShares Comex Gold ETF (IAU) rejoined the Sector Momentum Tracker s top ten holding the No. 3 spot in our rankings for that period. This performance harkened back to IAU s exceptional performance in late 2007... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:06:01 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1143765?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1143833?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares From October 14 through October 29, iShares Comex Gold ETF (IAU) rejoined the Sector Momentum Tracker s top ten holding the No. 3 spot in our rankings for that period. This performance harkened back to IAU s exceptional performance in late 2007... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:06:01 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gold-stock-blog/1143833?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142182?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares The accompanying table (click to enlarge) provides statistics and the top seven companies by market cap for the ETFI Health Benefit Providers Index & short ETF proposal of 33 companies with market caps over $100M, which includes all types of pharmacy... Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:55:44 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142182?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141061?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares The iShares MSCI Brazil Index (EWZ), an exchange-traded fund ((ETF)) that was the topic of the Buy, Sell or Hold feature on Monday, surged as much as 31% in the first three days of this week. The shares, which closed Friday at $29.94, traded ... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:58:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1141061?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1140041?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares Brazil s economy has been given a second chance. And so have prospective investors. Brazil will use that second chance well shouldn t we?... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:30:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1140041?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139333?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares The following group of biotech companies have market caps of at least $300M, with a one year stock price change that is below the iShares Nasdaq Biotech ETF (IBB) loss of 21.8% (Source: Google Finance, 10/25/08) with potential upside catalysts over t... Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:18:27 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139333?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139218?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares This market sure isn t making it easy on anybody who went long yesterday. The market was off the lows but it feels like we could return back to those levels if the wind blows a certain way. I can t believe how fast we go up and down 100 points th... Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:26:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1139218?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1138170?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares I wrote a piece here last May about why I disliked the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ). Much of what I said was predictable given the nature of how Latin American economies are structured.Fundamentally speaking, EWZ is a commodities play rather than a ... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:49:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1138170?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135894?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares The accompanying table (click to enlarge) presents an overview and statistics for 18 new global equity indexes and ETF proposals developed by ETF Innovators in order to provide investors with long or short investment vehicles for industry groups that... Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:38:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135894?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135902?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares The accompanying table (click to enlarge) presents statistics and the top five rated companies in the ETFI Global Generic Drug Index, which includes a total of 44 companies.Over the past year, generic drug companies have outpaced both the Healthcare ... Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:17:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135902?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135479?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares Last week's economic fallout has left many people shell-shocked and asking the question How could this happen? Every economy in the world has been affected and I personally believe we won't fully realize the ramifications of it for multiple months ... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:30:56 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135479?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135363?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares First Trust Advisors is the latest exchange-traded funds provider to try to reap gold from a trend of increased infrastructure spending across the globe. The ISE Global Engineering and Construction Index Fund (AMEX: FLM), launched on Wednesday. It co... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:18:47 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135363?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135302?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares What a day. After one of the worst weeks in global economic history, markets across the board soared after the news of that the G-7 will be putting in a coordinated bailout effort. Brazil was up 14% (the iShares MSCI Brazil fund (EWZ) was up 26% fo... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:24:01 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1135302?rsstype=tag&tag=ishares