VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS ETF $43.30 - New York symbol VWO

VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS ETF $43.30 (New York symbol VWO; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the FTSE Emerging Transitions Index, which is made up of common stocks of companies located in developing countries around the world. The fund has an MER of just 0.18%.

Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF’s top holdings include Samsung Electronics (South Korea), China Mobile (China: wireless), Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Brazil: oil and gas), Taiwan Semiconductor (Taiwan: computer chips), Vale SA (Brazil: mining), Banco Bradesco (Brazil: banking), Gazprom (Russia: gas utility), China Construction Bank, Itau Unibanco Holding SA (Brazil: banking), Industrial & Commercial Bank of China and CNOOC Limited (China: oil and gas).

The $74.6-billion fund’s breakdown by country is as follows: China (18.6%), Brazil (14.3%), Taiwan (11.1%), India (8.1%), South Africa (8.1%), South Korea (7.7%), Russia (6.4%), Mexico (5.6%), Malaysia (4.1%), Indonesia (3.2%), Thailand (3.0%), Turkey (2.3%), Chile (2.2%), Poland (1.4%) and others (3.9%).

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