11/04/2025 09:34

BetaShares Asia Technology Tigers ETF (ASIA) $9.99

The ASIA ETF is a $570mn ASX-traded ETF, which is an excellent proxy for gaining exposure to Asian tech stocks, with the largest five holdings being Tencent, Alibaba, Taiwan Semiconductors, Samsung and Xiamoni Corp, but these five make up less than 50% of the ETF showing its spread of risk across 56 holdings.

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28/03/2025 09:39

Asian Tech – BetaShares Asia Technology Tigers ETF (ASIA)

Asia looks poised to take, or at least share, the technology mantle with the US, something that tariffs may slow, but they won't stop. Moving forward, MM believes that any portfolio seeking tech and growth exposure should have both Asian and US exposure. Keeping abreast of developments across Asian markets can be challenging for subscribers, making this ETF an excellent vehicle for the region and sector.

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19/10/2022 09:51

BetaShares Technology Tigers ETF (ASIA) $6.27

Today we have looked at another of our painful positions, our bullish stance towards Asian tech on relative value grounds has been smacked on 2 fronts, ongoing regulatory controls out of both China & the US plus of course surging bond yields has weighed on the entire global tech sector – we bought after the sector had dipped ~30% but it was clearly still way too soon.

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03/08/2022 09:45

Global Macro ETF Portfolio

The MM Global Macro ETF Portfolio gained +2.47% last week with both of the battery & lithium ETF (ACDC) and the BetaShares Global Gold Miners ETF (MNRS) positions advancing over 6%, unfortunately, the BetaShares Asian Technology Tigers ETF (ASIA) dragged on the portfolio falling just under 6% courtesy of weakness in Tencent and Alibaba.

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13/07/2022 09:44

Global Macro ETF Portfolio

The MM Global Macro ETF Portfolio fell -1.01% last week as recession fears continued to weigh on global markets, our BetaShares Aussie Dollar (AUDS) -5.7% and Asian Tech (ASIA) -3.1% ETF’s were the main drags on the portfolio while support was provided from the US Nasdaq (NDQ) +3% and Invesco Agricultural Fund (DBA) +2.5% ETF’s.

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29/06/2022 09:33

Global Macro ETF Portfolio

The MM Global Macro ETF Portfolio added +1.43% last week with the Nasdaq ETF (NDQ) +5.76% & Asian Tech (ASIA) +3.6% offering most support while the Invesco Agricultural Fund (DBA US) lagged falling -3.7%.

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15/06/2022 09:35

Global Macro ETF Portfolio

The MM Global Macro ETF Portfolio slipped -4.2% last week with MM’s exposure to agriculture via the (DBA US) +2.7% and Asian Tech (ASIA) +0.8% our best performers while our positions in the Uranium Trust (U-U-CN) -13.3% and the Australian Dollar (AUDS) weighed on performance.

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01/06/2022 09:58

Global Macro ETF Portfolio

The MM Global Macro ETF Portfolio added +2.1% last week with our exposure to tech via Asian Tech (ASIA) +7.9% and the NASDAQ ETF 100 (NDQ) +6.1% finally leading the line while the Invesco DB Agricultural Fund (DBA) -2.1% was the only position which declined.

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25/05/2022 09:21

Global Macro ETF Portfolio

The MM Global Macro ETF Portfolio slipped -1.3% last week with our exposure to tech via Asian Tech (ASIA) -4.5% and the NASDAQ ETF 100 (NDQ) -6.8% continuing to struggle while the Ultra Euro ETF (ULE US) +3.9% and gold miners ETF (MNRS) +3.2% limited the downside.

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18/05/2022 09:41

Global Macro ETF Portfolio

The MM Global Macro ETF Portfolio added +1.2% last week and remains fully invested. The positive performance was helped by the Invesco Agricultural Fund (DBA) +5.8% and Asian Tech (ASIA) +4.5% while the gold miners ETF (MNRS) was the main drag falling 4%.

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