Raj Dhamodharan

iPath India ETN: What You Need to Know Before Investing

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iPath India ETN: What You Need to Know Before Investing

you are absolutely correct, as a follow up to this posting and based on reader comments I wrote about the premium discounts you are referring to.
raj
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Troubled By ETF Tracking Failures? Try ETNs

hi H Man, another point that I did not mention in the reasons for lag (but you did) is the expenses.
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Troubled By ETF Tracking Failures? Try ETNs

Indicative value is determined by fund owner (barleys) using a simple formula based on the underlying index (in this case MSCI India Total returns Index). You can say that this is the intrinsic value of the security. Market returns are based on the bid/ask spread on that day. It is always possible that these two are very close but always not perfect match due to the demand or lack there of for the security that day.

Another item you would notice is that the indicative value for INP is trailing the Index performance by few basis points. This again is a reflection of the efficiency with which they are able to track the index. I am sure this complicated by the fact that the underlying market is overseas.
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India Investment Options (Part 1)

Good article,look forward to reading your next part in this series.

I recently wrote about investment options for India, including some options not listed here.

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Also check out the post about BRIC ETFs in the market and their India exposure.

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Comparing India Funds: INP is Clearly the Best Option

I agree with the comment from Gerald. I did some more detailed analysis taking the dividend distributions into account and posted a complete comment here. Comment page is not flexible enough to post additional charts.

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