VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS ETF $39.71 (New York symbol VWO; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which is made up of common stocks of companies located in developing countries around the world. The fund has an MER of just 0.20%.
Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF’s top holdings include Samsung Electronics Co. (South Korea), China Mobile (China: wireless), Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Brazil: oil and gas), Taiwan Semiconductor (Taiwan: computer chips), Vale SA (Brazil: mining), America Movil SAB de CV (Latin America: wireless), Gazprom (Russia: gas utility), China Construction Bank, Itau Unibanco Holding SA (Brazil: banking), Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, CNOOC Ltd. (China: oil and gas) and China Life Insurance.
The $65.7-billion fund’s breakdown by country is as follows: China (17.4%), South Korea (15.2%), Brazil (15.1%), Taiwan (10.9%), South Africa (7.4%), India (7.3%), Russia (7.1%), Mexico (4.4%), Malaysia (3.2%), Indonesia (2.8%), Thailand (1.9%), Poland (1.7%), Chile (1.6%), Turkey (1.3%) and Other (2.7%).
Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF is a buy for aggressive investors.