NationCapShares: An ETF Idea for Developed, Emerging and Frontier Markets

NationCaps Global Stock Index

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The table above presents a 53-stock NationCapShares exchange-traded fund [ETF] proposal that I have developed based on the proliferation and commercial success of single-country ETFs (e.g. iShares has over two dozen single-country ETFs with over $40 billion in net assets). The NationCaps Global Stock Index presented above includes the largest market cap company from each nation which must also be over $7 billion US Dollars in market cap and have a trailing 52-week stock price performance of greater than -25% in order to screen out the weakest performers.

 

The index is rebalanced quarterly on the basis of a semi-active rating system which considers each company's trailing 52-week stock price performance, dividend yield, market cap weighting, and net income weighting. Please note that this index was last updated 4/27/08 with quarterly rebalancing due at the end of this week. NationCapShares would provide investors with a blend of developed, emerging, and frontier markets in a single ETF -- combining and diversifying the benefits of existing ETFs such as iShares MSCI EAFE (EFA), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM), and Claymore/BNY Mellon Frontier Markets (FRN).

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Comments

[mangy cat:]

do you patent all these pipe dreams?

2008 Jul 22 09:04 AM

[Mike Havrilla:]

thanks for your interest - the ETF licensing deals and trademarks are already underway

2008 Jul 22 09:35 AM

[Brian Shriver:]

According to Siegel and others, In the US at least, the largest-cap stock has a significant negative alpha. Why would you want to systematically capture that negative alpha across markets?

2008 Jul 22 10:58 AM

[Mike Havrilla:]

XOM is the only US-based company included in the 30 active components and it has outperformed the S&P 500 over the last 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, and 10 years. Also, why do you assume this data would apply to all other developed, emerging, and frontier markets/companies based outside of the US? Finally, this is a semi-active index with a performance-based rating system in place with quarterly rebalancing rather than a passive index which simply selects the largest market cap company from each nation.

2008 Jul 22 02:33 PM

[13958:]

Where can I sign up for this one?

2008 Jul 23 08:41 AM