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Almost half of the world’s stocks trade on exchanges outside of North America, where the economic and political climate can increase risk. However, even in developed countries with stable markets, price-to-earnings ratios are generally more attractive than they are in the U.S....

FIRST ASSET ACTIVE CANADIAN DIVIDEND ETF $9.40 (Toronto symbol FDV; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $32.1 million) aims to invest in Canadian dividend payers with the potential for capital gains. Its own dividend yield is a high 4.0%.

The ETF takes an active management approach: it relies on difficult-to-read market trends to pinpoint the economic sectors most likely to see significant growth; it then applies its own evaluative formula to companies in order to decide on the fund’s holdings.

The result is Energy comprises 27% of assets, followed by Financials (19%), Real Estate (15%) and Industrials (10%).

The fund has 46 stocks....

At the end of 2017, the holdings of globally invested exchange traded funds equalled $4.8 trillion U.S. That represents a 36% increase over 2016.

The number of funds also increased, rising 7.4% to reach 4,835. Over the past 5 years, the assets of ETFs listed globally increased by 148%.

In a business where fund size improves liquidity and appeal, leading ETF providers continue to focus on expanding their inflows.

The top 10 funds collected $63 billion in January 2018....

The U.S. housing market has largely recovered from the 2008/2009 housing crisis. Still, rising interest rates may eventually slow the speed of future growth. In the near term, however, higher employment levels, rising wages and limited housing supply should continue to spur demand for new homes....

Investors who want to know how to make good investments need to focus on five strategic components: investment style, compound interest, smart ETF picks, hidden assets, and stocks with a history of value

Investors are drawn to the best performing ETFs because they have low management fees, adequate diversification, and are more tax-efficient than many other investments

VANECK VECTORS VIETNAM ETF $18.68 (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), 8.0%; No Va Land Investment Group (real estate), 7.3%; Vietnam Dairy Products, 7.1%; FLC Faros Construction, 6.9%; and Bank For Foreign Trade of Vietnam, 6.5%.

Investing in Vietnam still comes with aboveaverage political risk....

The six ETFs we update below mainly hold high-quality stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. ex- changes. Each fund tracks the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from ETFs focused on narrower indexes or themes such as solar power and bio- technology.

Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these investments....

Investing in index funds can be easier and more secure if you use exchange traded funds (ETFs) because these modern investment products come with a tax-friendly structure and provide lower management fees than many competing options such as traditional mutual funds

Investors who want to know how to make good investments need to be aware of these five strategic components: investment style, compounding, smart ETF picks, hidden assets, and stocks with a history of dividends