On the radar

With the trailing stop trigger on the BKF, the BRIC ETF, this morning, I will be looking either at getting back into BKF at a lower level, or creating my own mix using various country specific ETFs.

The below article has a good rundown of BRIC country specific ETFs.
http://www.etftrends.com/2009/05/ultimate-guide-bric-etfs.html

Highlites
Brazil - EWZ
Russia - RSX
India - EPI or MINDX
China - FXI



I'm also looking at adding a country like Vietnam, to go along with the Indonesia/Turkey vibe, via the VNM ETF.

Korea might also be interesting to go along with the basket of more developed country, via the EWK ETF or the MAKOX mutual fund.

SLV Stopped out

SLV trailing stop triggered @ $16.581 this morning.  This represents a loss 2.51% on the position.

BKF Stopped Out

BKF was stopped out at $43.05 this morning, representing a 4.38% loss on the position.

Another stop

PBD was stopped out today @ $15.6713.  This represent about loss of  6.15% on the position.

XME Stopped Out

XME trailing stop triggered today @ $53.42.  We made just 0.65% on the position.

GDX Stopped Out

The gold miners ETF, GDX was stop out, with a -4.33% loss on the position.  It was a small position, but it's a loss none the less.

Stopped out of FAS and Thoughts

Yesterday I got stop out of FAS for a small -2.7% loss on the position. The position only represented ~2% of the overall portfolio so the lose was small.

I should note that after being stopped out, financial stocks (which FAS tracks, with leverage) took off to close up ~5% from where I sold it.  DRAT!!

In other news, I'm think up up some exposure to two sectors, US Financials and Brazil, via the XLF and EWZ ETFs.  I'm not ready to pull the trigger yet, as I'll probably be looking for a good entry spot.