International Investing
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Mark Mobius on Where to Invest in Emerging Markets
Mark Mobius, Ph.D., executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group and long-time expert on...
- Posted April 21, 2015
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International Stocks Hold More Value: Andrew Burish
Andrew Burish of UBS explains to Barron’s Magazine the allure of investing internationally while...
- Posted February 22, 2015
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Where is Jim Rogers Putting His Money Now?
Speaking on Yahoo's Daily Ticker show, infamous investor Jim Rogers said he was adding...
- Posted May 13, 2014
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Lawrence McDonald: Russian Market Too Cheap to Pass Up
Larry McDonald, Senior Director at Newedge Group, told Brian Sullivan that emerging markets have...
- Posted March 7, 2014
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A Value Investor’s Potential Opportunity in Country ETFs
A couple of weeks ago financial writer Brett Arends wrote an article featured at...
- Posted February 25, 2014
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Year-End Opportunity in Closed-End Funds
Having invested in Closed-End Funds (CEF) many times in the past, I'm on the...
- Posted December 16, 2013
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David Herro on Which European Stocks Will Shine
Morningstar's international fund manager of the decade, Oakmark's David Herro, provided his latest views...
- Posted October 1, 2013
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David Herro Sees Market Opportunity
David Herro, Harris Associates CIO, and a former mutual fund...
- August 26, 2016
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Jeremy Siegel: European Stocks Look Cheap
On CNBC this morning, Wharton professor and author of Stocks...
- June 27, 2016
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Mebane Faber Reveals Asset Classes Poised for Massive Gains
Mebane Faber, co-founder and the Chief Investment Officer of Cambria...
- April 22, 2016
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Mark Mobius on Where to Invest in Emerging Markets
Mark Mobius, Ph.D., executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group...
- April 21, 2015
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International Stocks Hold More Value: Andrew Burish
Andrew Burish of UBS explains to Barron’s Magazine the allure...
- February 22, 2015
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- January 20, 2021
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iShares Silver Mining ETF Increased
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- January 12, 2021
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- April 25, 2013
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Alarming Chart of the Stock Markets of 1987 and 2012-2013
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- May 22, 2013
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T.T.S. Fear Index
Date | Index | SMA Comment |
1/20/2021 | 2.3 | Massive stimulus and Fed support have nearly eliminated fear |
3/23/2020 | 7.0 | Coronavirus and oil price war panic investors to the highest level of fear since October 2011 |
12/26/2019 | 2.3 | Lowest level of fear in nearly two years (January 2018) |
12/21/2018 | 6.7 | Raised fears likely setting up a buying opportunity |
1/11/2018 | 1.8 | Unusually low fear could mean we're near the top in valuations |
1/13/16 | 6.3 | Terrible start to 2016 raised fears |
10/3/11 | 8.5 | A good tradable bottom (S&P 500 @ 1,085) based on lots of nonsense |
3/9/09 | 7.0 | Market bottom (S&P 500 @ 666); end of the world was nigh |
10/27/08 | 8.8 | Market had dropped 28% in 5 weeks, Paulson pulled out all stops to save Wall Street bankers |
10/12/07 | 3.2 | Market top (S&P 500 @ 1,562); worldwide housing bubble pricked |
Year-to-Date Performance as of February 24, 2021
Index/Portfolio | YTD % |
SMA Portfolio | 18.7% |
S&P 500 | 4.8% |
U. S. Small Caps | 12.2% |
Total U. S. Stock Market | 6.0% |
Total Int'l Stock Market | 6.0% |
Total U. S. Bond Market | -2.4% |