Category Archives: Currency & Gold
A Dollar Hedged ETF; How To Allocate Around The Falling Euro
The end of 2009 saw the entry of a new ETF in the already dense ETF landscape: a currency hedged ETF. This new feature is of interesting significance due to its packaging inside an ETF.…
Indexing Inspiration + Gold
Irving Kristol, “an indexer is stock-picker who has been mugged by reality.” Continue reading
What Moves a Currency
We have been bombarded with spam emails claiming that the dollar is falling and that we must purchase their strategy to save our portfolios.…
The Currency Effect in Foreign Investing
This article was written for and also appears at ETF Market Pro.
Currencies are different than any other type of investment. …
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Tagged Casey Smith, currency and EFA, currency valuation, efa, fall in the dollar, Foriegn Currency, how currency is valued, International investing, MSCI, relative basis, what drives returns on currency, wiser wealth management
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Gold Revisited
In recent years, gold has seen spectacular price increases. Looking at some history may reveal where gold is heading in the future and why.…
Currency Must Be Considered When Investing Abroad
In a recent article submitted by us here at Wiser Wealth Management covers what we think is something investors should consider about their international investments and give a way to hedge the currency risk in general.…
EAFE’s 2008 Currency Risk
2008 was a year of realized risk among many asset classes. It followed a period of lower volatility in many asset classes like foreign markets. …
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Tagged Currency Risk, EAFE, efa, etf, foreign developed market index, foreign developed markets, Money, realized risk
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Why Currency Matters
As we know holding foreign assets, like foreign stock, benefits you when the US dollar back home is weak. In a recent observation made by the guys at IndexUniverse.com, they found that there is a huge difference between the returns made by foreign investor investing in their local markets and US investors …
Hedging a Falling Dollar
We often get questions about what can be done in a portfolio to protect from a falling dollar. Often many people refer to gold for this solution, especially with every other advertisement on Fox News from companies trying to sell you- guess what- gold! Continue reading →