Here are two foreign ETFs to lift your gains

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If you’re looking for top holdings in an ETF, combined with exceptionally low fees, then Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group is a top choice. Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. In all, it administers over $5.3 trillion U.S. for investors, spread across 415 mutual funds and ETFs. Generally speaking, Canadian investors are blocked from buying mutual funds that are registered in the U.S. unless those funds are also registered with provincial se-curities commissions. Moreover, some Canadian funds are only available in a limited number of provinces. Investors in this country can, however, buy Vanguard exchange-traded funds listed on stock exchanges. That’s a plus given their generally lower fees. Here are two ETFs we see as buys for you right now. VANGUARD GROWTH ETF, $175.19, is a buy. The ETF (New York symbol VUG; buy or sell through brokers) tracks the Center for Research in Security Prices U.S. Large Cap Growth Index. That broadly diversified index focuses on big U.S. firms. The $94.7 billion fund lets you…