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In our last post we discussed the attractiveness of European equities in aggregate, and assessed the pros and cons of implementing this regional investment theme with a market capitalization weighted ETF (VGK – Vanguard). It was our conclusion that the…
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A bullish investor consensus for European equities appears to be building. More and more, we are hearing and reading that European equities are attractive and undervalued. It may be the right time for greater exposure to developed international equities, and…
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In recent travels and presentations, I was asked frequently about Israel. How is it that the Israeli market is #2 in our country ranking methodology? It seems as though the country is off the radar screen of most investors, so…
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Global multi-factor investing is a passion of ours, and as such, we like to pay attention to what others are writing on the subject. In a recent blog post on ETF.com, Larry Swedroe provided a nice summary of a couple…
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In an effort to update you on the Accuvest “U.S. Banking & Financial Services” investment theme, we have restated the core tenants of our positive outlook in 3 points below. In addition to monitoring these primary drivers, we are interested…
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This month, some emerging markets had a strong performance while the three largest constituents in the MSCI ACWI Index stalled. Latin America, which was down -20.82% over the last 12 months, had a great month up 8.82%. While some European…
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