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A NordiCaps Region Index STO

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-16.39% in 20 days (closed on 10/03/08)   <> Top 10 Rated Nordic Companies <> Nordic Region: Stats for All 116 & Top 40 Companies Nordic Region: Breakdown by Country <> As evidence of commercial interest in developing an ETF for the Nordic region, Global X Management has recently filed for such a product, based on the FTSE Nordic 30 Index . The Global X filing specifies that, "The underlying index tracks the performance of the 30 largest and most liquid companies in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. The Adviser uses a passive or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fu... Continue reading »

By  Mike Havrilla   (+1.04%  risk: conservative)  09/13/08

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Oil: The Inconvenient Truth STO

-0.51% in 432 days <>The title alludes to my feeling that the biggest challenge facing mankind (especially mankind in the USA) is not "global warming", but a future in which worldwide oil supply will not keep pace with worldwide oil demand. I have often commented on Seeking Alpha that the "oil problem" has the ability to induce catastrophic consequences by 2015 and is therefore the more imminent issue to be addressed. Since the solutions to both global warming and the "oil problem" are the same, focusing on the nearer term problem would seem more logical to me. The problem, of course, is that those in power ap<>... Continue reading »

By  Michael Fitzsimmons   (-21.05%  risk: moderate)  09/03/08

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NordiCaps Region Index: Analysis & Statistics For Each Country STO

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-17.55% in 32 days (closed on 09/13/08) <> An analysis of the 116 companies included in my NordiCaps Region Index reveals the top performing Scandinavian country was Norway on both average (-1.8%) and market cap-weighted (+6.3%) trailing 52-week stock price performance, finishing well ahead of runner-up Denmark with a weighted loss of 3.2% and an average loss of 14.7%. Iceland fared worst of all the Nordic region companies with just 5 companies eligible and losses of 42% (weighted) and 49.2% (average) over the past year. The accompanying tables break down the performance of the component stocks for each of the five Nord... Continue reading »

By  Mike Havrilla   (+1.04%  risk: conservative)  08/12/08

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NordiCaps Region Top 50 ETF & 116-Company Index STO

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+0.00% in 2 hours (closed on 08/12/08) Table of 66 Other Companies Table of NordiCaps Top 50 Active Companies <> <> Moving beyond the single country focus of exchange-traded funds [ETFs] such as iShares Sweden (EWD), I have developed a NordiCaps Region Stock Index and Top 50 market cap-weighted ETF proposal which includes 116 companies based in the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden with market caps over $1 billion US Dollars as of the market close on August 11, 2008. The Nordic region is expected to outperform both the United States [US] and the EU... Continue reading »

By  Mike Havrilla   (+1.04%  risk: conservative)  08/11/08

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NordiCaps Region Index STO

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-0.76% in 3 days (closed on 08/11/08) <> <> <> Moving beyond the single country focus of exchange-traded funds [ETFs] such as the iShares MSCI Sweden Index (EWD), I have developed a NordiCaps Region Stock Index which includes 120 companies based in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden with market caps over $1 billion US Dollars. I have also developed a ratings formula to choose 40 active companies on a quarterly basis for a semi-active ETF proposal, factoring in each company’s trailing 52-week stock price change, market cap weighting, and revenue weighting and then choosing the 40 active stocks based on< />< /><>< />< /><><>... Continue reading »

By  Mike Havrilla   (+1.04%  risk: conservative)  08/08/08

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Black Gold or Yellow Gold? STO

-34.94% in 87 days (closed on 09/03/08) Take your pick. Either one is going to make you money. Oil was up over $10 on Thursday and Friday, setting records for both its high price and its US dollar move. In response, the US stock market tanked on Friday and the S&P500 is now down 6.5% for the year. <>Reports say US citizens' net worth fell in the first quarter for the second quarter in a row. Talk from Israel about bombing Iran didn't help. If this happens and Iran responds by bottling up the Straits of Hormuz, well then $200/barrel oil will look like a nice bargain and a very severe recession, if not depression, will begin. Of cour... Continue reading »

By  Michael Fitzsimmons   (-21.05%  risk: moderate)  06/08/08

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