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Comment: (Apr 08) In the comment of Jan., I wrote the financial sector had faced with very essential problems and I learned that the US Treasury Secretary announced a financial reform at the end of March. I expected this movement and therefore I put this sector wait-and-see for the time-being. However, I need to watch carefully any move of Citigroup, since the group hit the bottom. In my view, the group might reflect easily how a future reform proceeds, in the process of recovering. Also eventually global strategy which is a common sense of financial sector might be modified.

Comment: (Jan 08) When I started to monitor this index in last September, I thought a great chance to invest in US Homebuilder/Real Estate/Financial ETFs was coming soon. However, I have changed my mind about Financial sector, since I learned that huge

losses came out in the sector, such as Citibank, Merrill Lynch, etc. My view is that this sector wouldn't come back on investment stage for a long time unless they totally change their business model. Also in my view the recent SWF's taking stakes in this sector wouldn't be justified, which cannot be proved in a short period, though. I would say, the time has changed from "Financial" to "Commodities" for investment. I still keep "Real Estate" to seek a timing to invest, since farm products prices are going up and more land will be required.

(Nov 07) As seen the following sheet, US Homebuilders & Japan ETF's performance are terribly bad. About US Homebuilders situation, it has been widely reported, but about Japan, why it is so weak as all other countries have very good performances. Why? Looking at recent official reports out of Japan, economic forecast is becoming worse and though this is a very specific reason, Japanese stock market is indirectly controlled by foreign investors/participants and therefore it frequently takes over-reaction against US market's retreat.

(Sept 07) The following data sheet shows interesting numbers (performance since Jan 06) that I am looking at every week, and also from the charts below we can see OIL and Gold ETFs show remarkable movements recently.

shimka ETF 25 Index performance since Jan 2006 (update weekly)

(Original Price=Jan 2, 2006 or after)

shimka ETF 25 Index performance chart

(update weekly)

shimka ETF 25 Index Components

chart\|	news\|	code	ETF Index
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		SPY	S&P 500
		DXD	UltraShort Dow Jones 30
		QQQQ	NASDAQ 100
		IWM	iShares Russell 2000 Index
		EWZ	iShares MSCI Brazil Index
		EWC	iShares MSCI Canada Index
		FXI	iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index
		EFA	iShares MSCI EAFE Index
		EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index
		INP	iPath MSCI India Index ETN
		EWJ	iShares MSCI Japan Index
		DBA	PowerShares DB Agriculture
		XLE	Energy Select Sector SPDR
		XLF	Financial Select Sector SPDR
		GLD	streetTRACKS Gold Shares
		XHB	SPDR S&P Homebuilders
		XLI	Industrial Select Sector SPDR
		XLB	Materials Select Sector SPDR
		IYR	iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate
		RTH	Retail HOLDRs
		SMH	Semiconductor HOLDRs
		XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR
		IYT	iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average
		XLU	Utilities Select Sector SPDR
		TLT	iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treas Bond

[ Consumer ETF - ROB (Robb Report Global Luxury) ]

(source; BigCharts.com)

Consumer ETFs

chart\|	news\|	code	Consumer ETFs
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		HHH	Internet HOLDRS
		IYC	iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Services
		IYK	iShares Dow Jones US Consumer Goods
		PBJ	PowerShares Dynamic Food & Beverage
		PEJ	PowerShares Dynamic Leisure & Entertainment
		PEZ	PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Discretionary
		PMR	PowerShares Dynamic Retail
		PRFG	PowerShares FTSE RAFI Consumer Goods
		PRFS	PowerShares FTSE RAFI Consumer Services
		PSL	PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Staples
		ROB	Claymore/Robb Report Global Luxury
		RTH	Retail HOLDRs
		SCC	ProShares UltraShort Cons Svcs
		SZK	ProShares UltraShort Cons Goods
		UCC	ProShares Ultra Consumer Services
		UGE	ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods
		VCR	Vanguard Cnsmr Dis;VPR
		VDC	Vanguard Cnsmr Stp;VPR
		XLP	Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR
		XLY	Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund
		XRT	SPDR S&P Retail ETF

[ Currency ETF - UUP (US Dollar Index Bullish) ]

(source; BigCharts.com)

Bond ETFs

chart\|	news\|	code	Bond ETFs
... to Chart Table
		AGG	iShares Lehman Aggregate Bond
		BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF
		SHV	iShares Lehman Short Treasury Bond
		SHY	iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

Currency ETFs

chart\|	news\|	code	Currency ETFs
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		DBV	PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest
		FXA	CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust
		FXB	CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Tr
		FXC	CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust
		FXE	CurrencyShares Euro Trust
		FXF	CurrencyShares Swiss Franc Trust
		FXY	CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust
		UDN	PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bearish
		UUP	PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish

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