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Our Exit Strategy For The South Africa ETF (EZA)

Well, we’re calling it quits on the iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (EZA). Why? The risk/reward ratio no longer looks beneficial to us. When we make a decision to invest in an ETF, we don’t go in blindly. We perform our due diligence and if the risk looks worthy of the undertaking, we put the ETF on the list of ETFs we allow ourselves to buy. Once an ETF is put on our list and we have purchased shares of it, we intend to hold that ETF long-term, potentially until death do we part. But, we also know that the investing world is ever changing, so we must evolve with it.

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iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (EZA) to Issue Semi-annual Dividend of $4.70 (Yield 5.10%)

iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (NYSEARCA:EZA) announced a semi-annual dividend on Monday, December 16th, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be paid a dividend of 4.7047 per share by the exchange traded fund on Friday, December 20th. This represents a yield of 5.1%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December […]
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Special Dividend Announcement for iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (EZA) 12-16-19

To all who own or track the iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (EZA), this announcement will affect the percent below 1 year, 2 year, 3 year, etc. high prices. This will also affect the percent above/below 200 day moving average and other moving averages. Please take this into consideration when observing price action on this ETF.

LINK TO PDF ANNOUNCEMENT: https://www.theocc.com/webapps/infomemos;OCCPROD0PUBSESSION=D33236A42837734E9395760B68D5DCA9.occ-ppube4l?number=46179&date=201912&lastModifiedDate=12%2F16%2F2019+08%3A28%3A42

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iShares MSCI South Africa ETF Dividend Announcement (EZA) 4.46% Yield

iShares MSCI South Africa ETF/iShares Inc. (NYSE:EZA) on 06/14/2019 declared a dividend of $ 1.3148 per share payable on June 21, 2019 to shareholders of record as of June 18, 2019. Dividend amount recorded is an increase of $ 0.2476 from last dividend Paid.

iShares MSCI South Africa ETF/iShares Inc. (NYSE:EZA) has paid dividends since 2003, has a current dividend yield of 4.46% and has increased its dividends for 1 successive years.

Dividend Declaration Date: June 14, 2019
Dividend Ex Date: June 17, 2019
Dividend Record Date: June 18, 2019
Dividend Payment Date: June 21, 2019
Dividend Amount: $ 1.3148

Source: https://www.dividendinvestor.com/dividend-news/20190614/dividend-announcement-ishares-msci-south-africa-etf-ishares-inc.-nyse-eza-on-06-14-2019-declared-a-dividend-of-$1.3148-per-share/

 

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Is The South Africa ETF Worth The Risk? (EZA) 1.2

  • This single-country emerging market fund has compounded at 9.38%/year over the last 16 years
  • EZA has a low correlation coefficient to U.S. Markets of 0.65
  • Emerging markets are volatile. EZA is even more volatile than diversified emerging market funds
  • EZA, a prime example for the “No Pain, No Premium” theory
  • EZA has a current 12-month trailing yield of 3.67%

EZA vs S&P 500 index fund: March 2003 – March 2019

Source: https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/

EZA vs SPY: February 7, 2003 – April 14, 2019

Source: https://www.koyfin.com/home

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