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Better Banks Abroad? Take A Look At Italy’s ETF

ETF Daily News (May 19th, 2009) Writes:

italyItaly’s Banks: A Conservative Lending Business
From the United Kingdom we travel south to the Mediterranean, where an Italian ETF comprised mainly of financials offers investors an opportunity to participate in some of Europe’s safest banks.

The MSCI Italy Index Fund (NYSE:EWI) holds approximately 40% financials along with a number of utility, energy and other Italian large caps, serving as a proxy for the broader Italian market. Italian banks are currently attractive because they were not exposed to subprime loans in the way many other European nations’ banks were.

Italian banks engage in a far more traditional banking business than their continental counterparts, and therefore don’t assume the risks of brokerages, insurance companies and other specialized financial institutions that require gains from underwriting and investments just to compete. The shares are currently yielding a very safe 5.49% annual dividend and have appreciated by

Dow Jones? When the bottom? Now or Later?

Valerio Peracchi (November 28th, 2008) Writes:

L’indicatore sul chart mostra la Pista Ciclica, un oscillatore, per il vero, abbastanza in disuso e che in effetti nel breve termine evidenzia parecchi limiti.

Tuttavia nel lungo periodo può dimostrare una valenza maggiore per individuare i possibili punti di svolta del mercato, seppure la tendenza in atto possa perdurare ancora, poiché quello che segnala questo oscillatore non è il timing d’ingresso, ma un situazione di eccesso che, come tale, può anche perdurare.

Tuttavia, vista l’eccezionalità, nonché rapidità, della discesa, sono andato a “scovare” quando già un simile eccesso si era prodotto.

Per far ciò ho preso in considerazione i casi in cui l’oscillatore stesso (costruito su dati settimanali e con una SMA a 233 periodi) si è venuto a trovare sotto la linea del -50%, evidenziata dall’ara ombreggiata in rosso.

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