Jim Stamatopoulos

The Irony of Target-Date ETFs and Comparable Mutual Funds

With the future of the US dollar value, I'm shocked at the relatively minor allocations to international ETFs.
Also, emerging market ETF exposure at 0% to 3% for people retiring in 2035?? Are you kidding me? How do you spell underperform upon retirement?
Better off allocating to a few lower expense ETFs with own proportions than buying these one stop shoppers.

Emerging Market ETFs - Four Important Considerations

Also condiser your time horizon when deciding what allocation should be made to emerging market ETFs. If you are buying for your retirement funds (401(k)s in US and RRSPs in Canada) and cashing out in 30+ years, consider what the world will be like then, not now. Some of these emerging markets may become developed by then, so getting in on the ground floor now makes more sense if viewed on that long-term basis.

Emerging Market Titans ETF Starts Trading: EEG

Thanks for the info - very organized material.

A lot more depth than I had expected from emerging markets in health care.

ETF managment fees seem on the high end but this is only way to access many of these subsectors and individual shares especially since many some of these companies do not trade in North America.

Emerging Market Titans ETF Starts Trading: EEG

It will be interesting to see how they will compile an emerging market health care ETF given the scarcity of companies to include, especially without Teva pharmaceutical being included. Same goes for the emerging market technology ETF without Taiwan being included.
I wish them the best of luck as their ETFs may be able to capture some unique market niches. I hope both the ETFs themselves and the securities they are comprised of have enough liquidity to provide decent bid/ask spreads.
At the very least, we will all get educated as to who the emerging market leaders are by industry sector based on the hard work to discover them especially in the aforementioned health care and technology as well as consumer discretionary.