EMERGING MARKET FUNDS

[frogfan]

BIK - new BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, & China) ETF launced in June looks very interesting...tracks the S&P BRIC 40 Index...expenses are .50%

44% China
27% Russia
22% Brazil
6% India
2% Other

38% Energy
27% Financials

Top 5 Holdings:

China Mobile
Gazprom
Lukoil
Petro China
China Life


http://www.etfconnect.com/select/fundpages/etf_funds.asp?MFID=178512


I like this ETF because it offers more exposure to Russia and the energy sector than EEB, another great BRIC ETF. It is also more concntrated with almost 1/2 as many stocks in the fund (40 vs 73).

EEB is almost 1/2 invested in Brazil and offers little exposure to Russia, so if you are wanting more exposure to Latin America it would be the way to go...see the information below:

http://www.etfconnect.com/select/fundpages/etf_funds.asp?MFID=168419

Perhaps if you split your emerging market $ 50/50 in these two ETFs it would give you the ideal exposure to the BRIC economies:

China 40%
Brazil 34%
Russia 16%
India 10%