iShares MSCI Canada Index (ETF) (AMEX:EWC)

With the price of oil going up, all of a sudden all of that hard-to-get Alberta oil suddenly will seem not so hard-to-get.

I'VE HERD ABOUT CANADA AND THE GROWING ECONOMY FOR A LONG TIME. ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A LONG TERM BET.

This is a solid canadian based stock and Canada is one of the economies of the world that seems to still be strong despite so many others that seem to be crumbling.

OH Canada!! How I love your exports!!

This ETC owns some significant positions in Canada, which has an economy based nearly 33% on export. As a global economy continues to become a reality Canada is set to take advantage.

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Canada's economy looks ok.

As we print money and Canada earns money, the price of our goods and services relative to the price of their goods and services bought with each others seperate currencies with respect to the purchasing power parity (a haircut here costs the same amount of dollars as a haircut there) i see upside potential for their currency. War expenses, liquidity injections, governmental debt, lower taxes, governmental stimulous plans, consumer credit increasing. I'm not saying its going to jump like the yellow metal, but look for it to beat the market, so you can finally past the <20 cap you've been after for oh so long now.

I just think they've been dealt a better hand than their American counterparts - just a bit less to go wrong up here.

The iShares MSCI Canada Index ETF has consistently provided healthy returns as Canada's economy continues to boom due to strong growth in natural resources, consistently conservative banking practices and a highly educated workforce. Energy prices are expected to continue to grow, making extraction of petroleum products from Canada's vast oil sands reserves increasingly attractive.

This I Share continues to grow and is a steady bet. Best to go long.

This Canadian ETF will be carried by the dollar and also in aplay on natural resources that are safe from political risk

Canadian ETF, large holding in canadian banking stocks and natural resource stocks. Canadian dollar gaining greatly against the us dollar. Soon will have parity with the us dollar, then sell at a premium.

Canada's natural resources, sane foreign policy and domestic investments in infrastructure should make their companies a great investment, and the iShares index fund help diversify the stock choices.

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iShares MSCI Canada Index (EWC) is a passively managed fund that basically attempts to equal the performance of the MSCI Canada Index. The benchmark is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization index designed to follow the performance of the most prominent Canadian stock, most of which trade on the Toronto Stock. With a heavy exposure on financials, energy, and industrials, the fund tends to encash the performances posted by these industries.

Economic momentum continues to vary across the country with, Alberta and British Columbia topping the provincial growth charts in 2006 as high prices for energy and other commodities have generated increased corporate profits, business investment, employment, consumer spending and housing activities. Overall, the economy is expected to expand at a moderate pace going forward and business investment in machinery and equipment and non-residential construction is expected to remain robust thanks to high levels of retained earnings and relatively low cost of capital.

Investors should feel dazzled by this exchange-traded fund's record, which tracks the MSCI Canada Index fairly well and has gained an average of roughly 12% since inception. Endorsing the same it has able to attract media attention and assets worth $ 1.02 billion. Lately, a softening in oil and natural gas prices had severe repercussions on the results with one-year returns only being 17.45% as compared to its earlier returns.

Analyzing the past returns, it shows that the fund has given hefty returns. With an expense ratio of mere 0.59%, the fund tends to be a cheap investment. Witnessing the past trend and EWC’s low cost, tax efficient and broad diversification, the NAV is expected to see a healthy growth.

Canadian dollar is trending upwards, and EWC is topheavy on energy and financial stocks, which are doing well at this time in Canada.