Playing the I fund

[Greg]

My aunt said the I-fund will close today at $18.35 (up $0.06)

up 0.43% equals $18.368 (up 7.8 cents)

 

[Greg]

Feb 21st I-fund closed at $18.37; this matched the MSCI.

Record of them fudging the daily I-fund prices in 2006 YTD
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Jan 24 Matched MSCI (0.165% to 0.145%)
Jan 25 Matched MSCI (0.550% to 0.565%)
Jan 26 Matched MSCI (0.930% to 0.888%)
Jan 27 Matched MSCI (0.813% to 0.815%)
Jan 30 Matched MSCI (-0.269% to -0.226%)
Jan 31 Matched MSCI (0.647% to 0.607%)
Feb 01 Matched MSCI (0.054% to 0.072%)
Feb 02 Matched MSCI (-0.589% to -0.618%)
Feb 03 Matched MSCI (-0.808% to -0.787%)
Feb 06 Matched MSCI (0.054% to 0.078%)

Feb 07 Underpriced by 0.492% (-0.760% to -0.268%)
Feb 08 Overpriced by 1.047% (0.055% to -0.992%)
Feb 09 Underpriced by 0.497% (0.546% to 1.043)

Feb 10 Matched MSCI (-0.652% to -0.623%)
Feb 13 Matched MSCI (-0.3285 to -0.341%)

Feb 14 Overpriced by 0.698% (0.823% to 0.125%)
Feb 15 Underpriced by 0.769% (-0.653% to 0.116%)

Feb 16 Overpriced by 0.524% (0.877% to 0.353%)
Feb 17 Underpriced by 0.538 (-0.652% to -0.114%)

Feb 21 Matched MSCI (on 20th MSCI = 0.0%, on 21st 0.437% to 0.430%)

 

[Fivetears]

I Fund Ride.

Back up to (1.66)% for February.

 

[Fivetears]

The I-Fund ticker looks like an 11:30am EST scheduled rocket launch.

 

[Greg]

My aunt said that the I-fund should be up 2 cents today to $18.39

 

[Master]

MSCI has the I fund getting +0.206%, about 7-8 cents.

 

[Greg]

MSCI is up 0.206% today. If they don't fudge things, the I-fund should be up 3.8 cents or priced about $18.41. But I feel this might be a day that they overprice it by 0.5%.

 

[FUTURESTRADER]

MSCI is up 0.206% today. If they don't fudge things, the I-fund should be up 3.8 cents or priced about $18.41. But I feel this might be a day that they overprice it by 0.5%.

Feb 21st I-fund closed at $18.37; this matched the MSCI.

Record of them fudging the daily I-fund prices in 2006 YTD
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Jan 24 Matched MSCI (0.165% to 0.145%)
Jan 25 Matched MSCI (0.550% to 0.565%)
Jan 26 Matched MSCI (0.930% to 0.888%)
Jan 27 Matched MSCI (0.813% to 0.815%)
Jan 30 Matched MSCI (-0.269% to -0.226%)
Jan 31 Matched MSCI (0.647% to 0.607%)
Feb 01 Matched MSCI (0.054% to 0.072%)
Feb 02 Matched MSCI (-0.589% to -0.618%)
Feb 03 Matched MSCI (-0.808% to -0.787%)
Feb 06 Matched MSCI (0.054% to 0.078%)

Feb 07 Underpriced by 0.492% (-0.760% to -0.268%)
Feb 08 Overpriced by 1.047% (0.055% to -0.992%)
Feb 09 Underpriced by 0.497% (0.546% to 1.043)

Feb 10 Matched MSCI (-0.652% to -0.623%)
Feb 13 Matched MSCI (-0.3285 to -0.341%)

Feb 14 Overpriced by 0.698% (0.823% to 0.125%)
Feb 15 Underpriced by 0.769% (-0.653% to 0.116%)

Feb 16 Overpriced by 0.524% (0.877% to 0.353%)
Feb 17 Underpriced by 0.538 (-0.652% to -0.114%)

Feb 21 Matched MSCI (on 20th MSCI = 0.0%, on 21st 0.437% to 0.430%)
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Nice work, Greg...I see your +/- .5% increments..looks like they may match today as well tho, based on trend of no single day match?

 

[Greg]

I-fund closed at $18.42 which is a little over a penny too high.Note to self: I-fund high was on Feb 01st at $18.68

 

[Fivetears]

Getting closer to the surface.

Wednesday's International Market activities bring all "Power I" investors back to 03 February; (1.39)%.
There is hope for something positive for the month yet.

 

[Soldat]

N300 finishes up 1.78%. Yen gains substantial ground against dollar.

European stocks forecasted to be flat. Euro slightly lower against dollar.

Dollar seems to be a tad overbought and needs a break today.

 

[Wheels]

The FE (Far East) portion of the EAFE is up almost 3% in U.S. dollars today. Should bode well for the I fund.

Dave
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[Greg]

my aunt said the i-fund will be up 11 cents today to $18.53

 

[Wheels]

MSCI says .96%. Not as high as I thought, but still a solid 17 or 18 cents.

Dave
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[FundSurfer]

Dollar Index

I noticed that several of you use different currencies when talking about how the dollar is doing. Just thought I'd post that I use the Dollar index which is fairly close to the MSCI EAFE country distribution:

The NYBOT US Dollar Index (DX) currently has fixed weightings and represents the value
of the US dollar against other G-10 nations. As a result, the index can be decomposed as
follows (as of December 2000):
Country         Weight
Euro            57.6%
Japanese yen    13.6%
British pound   11.9%
Canadian dollar 9.1%
Swedish krona   4.2%
Swiss franc     3.6%
[URL="http://www.nybot.com/"]http://www.nybot.com/[/URL]  goto USDX information > Research Reports > Lining up the DX
 
The MSCI EAFE Weight
COUNTRY         WEIGHT
Euro *          31.6
Japan           25.6%
United Kingdom  24.0%
Switzerland     6.9%
Australia       5.2%
Sweden          2.4%
Hong Kong       1.6%
*Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain
[URL="http://www.msci.com/licensing/eafe_factsheet.pdf#search='msci%20eafe%20country%20weight"]http://www.msci.com/licensing/eafe_factsheet.pdf#search='msci%20eafe%20country%20weight[/URL]
Link for Dollar Index:
[URL="http://quotes.ino.com:801/chart/?s=NYBOT_DX"]http://quotes.ino.com:801/chart/?s=NYBOT_DX[/URL]

 

[Greg]

I-fund closed at $18.60 (up 18 cents) which matched the MSCI.

Note to self: I-fund high was on Feb 01st at $18.68

Tally of them fudging the daily I-fund prices in 2006
======================================
Feb 21 matched MSCI (on 20th MSCI = 0.0%, on 21st 0.437% to 0.430%)
Feb 22 matched MSCI (0.272% to 0.206% - this was actually a penny high but I'll let it slide)
Feb 23 matched MSCI (0.977% to 0.960%)

 

[Fivetears]

One more good day should clear the red.

Back up to (0.43)% for February.

 

[Greg]

 

[Greg]

my aunt said the i-fund will be up a penny today to $18.61

 

[Greg]

MSCI up 0.041% today.
I-fund should be up no more than a penny like my aunt said.