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VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS ETF $45.24 – New York symbol VWO

VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS ETF $45.24 (New York symbol VWO; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which is made up of common stocks of companies located in emerging markets around the world. The fund has an MER of 0.27%.

The fund’s top holdings are China Mobile (China: wireless), Gazprom (Russia: gas utility), Samsung Electronics (South Korea: electronics), Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, America Movil SAB de CV (Latin America: wireless), Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Brazil: oil and gas), China Construction Bank, Vale SA (Brazil: mining), Itau Unibanco Holding SA (Brazil: banking) and Hon Hai Precision Industry (Taiwan: electronics).

The $45-billion Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF’s breakdown by country is as follows: China (18.7%), Brazil (16.0%), South Korea (13.4%), Taiwan (10.6%), India (8.0%), South Africa (7.4%), Russia (6.4%), Mexico (4.3%), Malaysia (3.1%), Indonesia (2.4%), Chile (1.8%), Turkey (1.8%), Thailand (1.7%), Poland (1.5%), Peru (0.7%), Colombia (0.6%), Philippines (0.5%), Czech Republic (0.4%), Hungary (0.4%) and Egypt (0.3%).

Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF is a buy for aggressive investors.

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