Image: European Union (EU) flag Buying individual foreign stocks involves higher risk than investing in a basket of stocks thru a [tag]fund[/tag].This is due to the simple fact that information on foreign stocks may not be readily available even in this internet age and also due to other usual risks associated with foreign investing. Investing …
International small cap stocks or funds are growing in popularity as folks look for diversification in their portfolio. Most foreign small caps stocks are not listed in the US. So the best option to get some small cap exposure is to pick up an etf or a mutual fund. Listed below are some of the …
Is there a truly GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE fund? Unfortunately No. There is not a truly global infrastructure fund in the market currently. By fund I mean an ETF. I don’t think there is a mutual fund either. What is infrastructure? It means basic things such as hospitals,roads,bridges,railways,ports,clean water,electricity,sewer systems,airports,telephone services etc. So companies that can build …
Last year commodities and natural resources were the biggest winners.This year it is is possible that this might repeat again due to heavy high demand from developing countries for commodities such as copper,tin,potash etc. One way to gain some exposure to commodity stocks is to invest in the following ETFs: 1. ishares MSCI Australia Index …
One of the best ways to gain exposure to different countries in Europe is by using the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) for each country. iShares has 11 country based ETFs for Western Europe. These are called the iShares MSCI Series. Out of these 11 ETFs, 9 ETFs have more than 50% of the portfolio assets …