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VANECK VECTORS VIETNAM ETF $16.39 (New York symbol VNM; buy or sell through brokers) holds Vietnamese companies and foreign firms that get a significant share of their revenue from the Southeast Asian nation.


The ETF’s top holdings are Vingroup (conglomerate), 10.5%; Vietnam Dairy, 7.4%; Masan Group (conglomerate), 7.2%; No Va Land (real estate), 6.3%; and Bank For Foreign Trade of Vietnam, 5.8%....

POWERSHARES CHINA SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO ETF $32.21 (New York Exchange symbol HAO; buy or sell through brokers; www.invesco.com) changed its name from Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF in May 2018 when Invesco Ltd. bought Guggenheim’s ETF business.


This particular PowerShares ETF aims to track the AlphaShares China Small Cap Index....

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Poland has a troubled history of foreign occupation and communist government....

ETFs come in all shapes and sizes and numerous factors can influence their investment risk. One measure—standard deviation—aims to capture the volatility of an ETF’s price fluctuations. That metric is used to indirectly identify the volatility of the stocks that the fund holds.


Standard deviation for the price movements of an ETF can be measured over various time periods—daily, weekly or longer intervals....

Sometimes ETF investments can suffer wild, often punishing swings. Here is a brief look at some of the worst-performing funds over the past year. Their poor results highlight the risks associated with specialized ETFs. We don’t recommend them.


HORIZONS BETAPRO S&P 500 SHORT TERM VIX INVERSE ETF $2.26 (Toronto symbol HVI; Market cap: $20.2 million) moves inversely to the S&P 500 VIX short-term futures index....

Poland has a troubled history of foreign occupation and communist government. However, the country moved away from that political system in 1990, joined NATO in 1999 and was accepted into the European Union in 2004. This has encouraged stability and helped to increase prosperity.


This ETF holds many of Poland’s top public companies.


ISHARES MSCI POLAND ETF $24 (New York symbol EPOL; TSI Network ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $328.0 million) tracks the performance of the largest publicly listed Polish companies.


Financial Services account for 47% of its assets....

An improving global economy and growing military threats continue to push up defense spending. Still, the total investment as a percentage of global GDP sits near recent lows. That leaves room for significant growth (see supplement on page 60).


Here are three ETFs that provide exposure to companies positioned to benefit from increased military spending.


SPDR S&P AEROSPACE & DEFENSE ETF $88 (New York symbol XAR; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $1.3 billion) invests in U.S....

In January 2018 Vanguard Canada introduced three new balanced ETFs with a mix of stocks and bonds. All three have low 0.22% MERs.


The Vanguard Conservative ETF Portfolio, $24.78, symbol VCNS on Toronto, holds roughly 40% of its assets in Vanguard stock ETFs and 60% in bond ETFs.


The Vanguard Balanced ETF Portfolio, $24.74, symbol VBAL on Toronto, has the opposite proportions to the Vanguard Conservative ETF Portfolio....

HORIZONS EMERGING MARIJUANA GROWERS ETF $8.05 (Aequitas NEO Exchange symbol HMJR; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $12.1 million) invests in small, publicly listed companies involved in the production and distribution of cannabis....

We continue to recommend investors steer clear of marijuana stocks. But as Canada gets ready to legalize cannabis for recreational purposes, most likely by the end of this summer, readers are increasingly asking for our analysis on cannabis-related stocks and ETFs.


It remains difficult to say which marijuana growers will prosper and which will not....