{"id":38929,"date":"2026-02-28T01:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/this-etf-is-up-30-since-november-is-the-rally-over-or-is-there-more-room-to-run\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T01:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:07:35","slug":"this-etf-is-up-30-since-november-is-the-rally-over-or-is-there-more-room-to-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/this-etf-is-up-30-since-november-is-the-rally-over-or-is-there-more-room-to-run\/","title":{"rendered":"This ETF Is Up 30% Since November. Is the Rally Over or Is There More Room To Run?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since I\u2019m a risk manager first and foremost, my career has led me to be naturally skeptical of \u201cmoonshot\u201d moves in stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). It kept me out of trouble by not chasing stocks like Oracle (ORCL) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in recent months. But it costs me on the other end.<\/p>\n
As with the iShares Asia 50 ETF (AIA). This has been my go-to for non-Japan Asia investing. I like its simple, 50-stock, market-cap-weighted structure. I\u2019ve owned it a few times over the years, but not recently. Because I find the global stock market too highly correlated to be excited about drifting very far from where the market\u2019s core is \u2014 the S&P 500 Index ($SPX), and the Dow ($DOWI) and Nasdaq ($NASX).<\/p>\n\n
That hardened view on\u00a0risk management can also cost some upside. I will miss moves like the one we just saw in AIA. It bucked the recent trend and flew higher without the U.S. markets leading it. And after a more than 30% move from $90 in late November to nearly $119 at Wednesday\u2019s close, the fair question is whether AIA and the non-Japan Asia equity market is now the leader.<\/p>\n\n
I\u2019d describe the above chart of weekly prices as not yet peaking. That doesn\u2019t mean it can\u2019t soon. That\u2019s the market climate we live in. But the other price-based factor to point out is perhaps the biggest bullish argument I can make for ETFs like AIA, and Asian stocks more broadly. It might be making up for a lot of lost time.<\/p>\n
AIA put up a \u201cgoose egg\u201d from April 2021 through August of 2025, more than four years of about zero return. And the current portfolio price-to-earnings (P\/E) ratio of 16x tells me that it was around 12x to 13x not long ago. That is long-term bottoming territory for a market like this.<\/p>\n
AIA owns the economic heavyweights of the Pan-Asian region by tracking the 50 largest and most liquid companies across China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. The fund is heavily anchored by the technology sector, which accounts for more than half of its market value. This concentration makes it a primary vehicle for expressing a regional view on Asian growth, particularly as it relates to the global artificial intelligence buildout. It may also be a solid diversifier from U.S. tech.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n