August 07, 2007 at 2:00 pm by Tom Lydon
With so many broad, international exchange traded funds (ETFs) available in the market, it’s easy to forget what holdings each contains. This can be a problem as investors want to avoid overweighting country holdings in their portfolio. In response to this, Richard Shaw for QVM Group created a useful chart that tells investors exactly which countries are in regional indexes. In addition, Morningstar gives a breakdown of regional and country weightings for each ETF.
Some ETFs (and their year-to-date performance) that correspond to Shaw’s chart and have a wide variety of countries within them include:
- iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index (ILF) - up 22.6%
- iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan (EPP) - up 14.3%
- iShares MSCI EMU Index (EZU) - up 11.3%
- iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA) - up 7.5%
- Vanguard Pacific Stock ETF (VPL) - up 4.3%
Tags: EZU
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