ETFs For The “Next 11″ Economies

Interest in emerging markets has grown tremendously over the past few years, as the developing world has accounted for almost all of global GDP growth while the U.S., Western Europe, and other developed countries struggle to get back on track. Many investors have embraced ETFs as a means of overweighting the emerging markets, favoring the cost efficiency, immediate diversification, and enhanced liquidity that the exchange-traded wrapper offers. While many investors expect that these funds will offer exposure to a diversified basket of rapidly-expanding economies, most emerging markets ETFs are heavily tilted towards the “big four” economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China–better known as the BRIC bloc. But as some major financial institutions have pointed out, there is a lot more to emerging markets than these four economies [see also Emerging Market ETFs: Seven Factors Every Investor Should Consider]. Goldman Sachs, the institution that first coined the term “BRIC” in a [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Stories: Beyond the BRIC: Ten Country-Specific Emerging Markets ETFs Emerging Market ETF Investing: Beyond The BRIC Africa ETF: Ready To Surge?