Investors who are looking to diversify into the emerging markets should consider a core exchange traded fund position and supplement this with a satellite holding.
“I think that an exposure to emerging markets probably ought to have a core and satellite structure to it,” Dr. Burton Malkiel, Princeton Economist, said.
Dr. Malkiel explained that a core emerging market position would include something like the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: VWO) or the iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: IEMG) as they both provide broad developing market exposure at a cheap cost to investors.
“Both of them have done very, very well relative to active emerging market funds, so I think that’s the way to begin,” Dr. Malkiel said.
After a core position, Dr. Malkiel believed it is fine to “add to that the kind of fund that is designed to capture the kind of growth that we’re likely to see in the emerging markets.”
Specifically, he highlighted the favorable economic trends in the emerging market with a high population and growing middle class, which will contribute to greater consumer spending. Additionally, Malkiel argued that this new generation of middle-income consumers will be more technologically adept and will utilize e-commerce avenues or online retailers to do most of their shopping.
Consequently, investors can look to something like the Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF (NYSEArca: EMQQ) to gain exposure to the consumer spending potential of the rising middle class in the growing emerging markets. EMQQ provides exposure to the growing emerging market consumer sector, notably those related to online retailers or the quickly expanding e-commerce industry. The ETF’s underlying holdings include companies must derive the majority of their profits from E-commerce or Internet activities and further includes search engines, online retail, social networking, online video, e-payments, online gaming and online travel.
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As of 08/22/19, EMQQ did not have any holding of Cisco.
