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ISHARES MSCI CHILE INVESTABLE MARKET INDEX FUND $44.50 (New York Exchange symbol ECH; buy or sell through brokers) is an ETF that aims to track the MSCI Chile Investable Market Index, which consists of stocks that mainly trade on the Santiago Stock Exchange.

The fund’s top holdings are S.A.C.I. Falabella (retail), 9.6%; Enersis SA (electricity), 9.2%; Empresas Copec SA (conglomerate), 7.9%; Empresa Nacional de Electricidad (electricity), 6.7%; LATAM Airlines, 5.5%; Cencosud SA (retailer), 4.9%; Empresas CMPC (pulp and paper), 4.8%; Banco de Chile, 4.6%; Banco Santander Chile (banking), 4.5%; and Quimica y Minera de Chile (mining), 4.1%.

The fund’s industry breakdown is: Utilities, 25.1%; Financials, 17.8%; Consumer Discretionary, 13.2%; Materials, 12.9%; Consumer Staples, 10.0%; Industrials, 8.1%; Energy, 7.8%; Telecommunications, 2.4%; and Information Technology, 1.9%.

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ENBRIDGE INC., $56.48, Toronto symbol ENB, plans to transfer its 66.7% stake in the U.S. portion of its Alberta Clipper pipeline to its American affiliate, Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (New York symbol EEP). Alberta Clipper pumps crude from Alberta’s oil sands to Superior, Wisconsin. Enbridge will receive $300 million U.S. in cash and $600 million U.S. worth of Enbridge Energy Partners units. The $900-million U.S. total is equal to 2% of Enbridge’s $47.8-billion (Canadian) market cap....

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific investing advice on the widest possible variety of topics. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental tip and shows you how you can put it into practice. Today’s tip: “There’s a high failure rate for those who start their own businesses, but if you know how to make the right choices, it’s still your best chance of getting rich.”...

We think conservative investors could hold up to 10% of their portfolios in foreign stocks. One way to do that is to buy carefully chosen exchange traded funds (ETFs) that have an overseas focus. The best ETFs offer very low management fees and well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios of highquality stocks. Here’s a look at six global ETFs:...

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific investment advice on a wide range of topics, including strategies for international stock markets. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental piece of investing strategy, and shows you how you can put it into practice right away. Today’s tip: “Foreign investments can give your portfolio greater strength and diversity and we recommend three ways you can do this with less risk.” We believe most investors could benefit from holding some foreign investments in their portfolios for added diversification. And growing markets like China and India have positive long-term outlooks. Their populations are generally younger than those in North America, and rising incomes are helping more of them advance into the middle class....

VANGUARD FTSE EMERGING MARKETS ETF $42.42 (New York symbol VWO; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) Transitions Index, which is made up of common stocks of companies in developing countries. The fund has an MER of just 0.15%.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF’s top holdings include Taiwan Semiconductor (Taiwan: computer chips), China Mobile (China: wireless), Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Brazil: oil and gas), Vale SA (Brazil: mining), Gazprom (Russia: gas utility), China Construction Bank, Tencent Holdings (China: Internet), Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Naspers Ltd. (South Africa: media) and MTN Group (South Africa: wireless).

The $59.3-billion fund’s breakdown by country is as follows: China (20.6%), Taiwan (13.7%), Brazil (13.7%), India (9.9%), South Africa (9.7%), Mexico (5.7%), Russia (5.4%), Malaysia (5.2%), Indonesia (2.9%), Thailand (2.8%), Turkey (1.9%), Chile (1.7%), Poland (1.7%) and others (5.1%).

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Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. The group administers over $2 trillion U.S. in 170 mutual funds.

Vanguard, which went into business in 1975, offers low-fee index mutual funds. Generally speaking, Canadians can’t buy units of mutual funds that are registered in the U.S., because they aren’t registered with provincial securities commissions....

ISHARES MSCI CHILE INVESTABLE MARKET INDEX FUND $46.03 (New York Exchange symbol ECH; buy or sell through brokers) is an ETF that aims to track the MSCI Chile Investable Market Index, which consists of stocks that mainly trade on the Santiago Stock Exchange.

The fund’s top holdings are S.A.C.I. Falabella (retail), 9.0%; Enersis SA (electricity), 8.8%; Empresas Copec SA (conglomerate), 8.5%; LATAM Airlines, 6.9%; Empresa Nacional de Electricidad (electricity), 6.7%; Cencosud SA (retailer), 5.2%; Banco Santander Chile (banking), 4.7%; Quimica y Minera de Chile (mining), 4.5%; Banco de Chile, 4.4%; and Empresas CMPC (pulp and paper), 4.0%.

The fund’s industry breakdown is: Utilities, 25.0%; Financials, 17.3%; Materials, 13.7%; Consumer Discretionary, 10.6%; Industrials, 9.9%; Consumer Staples, 9.9%; Energy, 8.5%; Telecommunications, 2.4%; and Information Technology, 2.0%.

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We think most conservative investors could hold up to 10% of their portfolios in foreign stocks. One way to do that is to buy carefully chosen exchange traded funds (ETFs) that have an overseas focus. The best ETFs offer very low management fees and well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios of high-quality stocks. Today we examine two international ETFs covered regularly in Canadian Wealth Advisor....

We think conservative investors could hold up to 10% of their portfolios in foreign stocks. One way to do that is to buy carefully chosen exchange traded funds (ETFs) that have an overseas focus. The best ETFs offer very low management fees and well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios of high-quality stocks. Here a look at six global ETFs:...