Profit from China’s growth

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GUGGENHEIM CHINA SMALL CAP ETF $30.63 (New York Exchange symbol HAO; buy or sell through brokers; www.guggenheimfunds. com) aims to track the AlphaShares China Small Cap Index. It’s made up of the 347 Chinese stocks that foreign investors are allowed to hold and that have market caps between $200 million and $1.5 billion. The ETF has an MER of 0.75% and yields 3.4%. Top holdings for this $91.6 millon fund are Zall Group, 1.6%; ZTE Corp., 1.4%; Zijin Mining, 1.1%; Yanzhou Coal Mining, 1.0%; Dali Foods Group, 0.9%; Jiangsu Express, 0.9%; Shenzhen International Holdings, 0.9%; and Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings, 0.8%. As China’s economy matures and its wage rates rise, domestic spending should continue to increase. As well, the country’s leaders aim to extend social services to migrant workers; China will also likely have to invest more in programs to shrink the income gap between its rich and poor citizens. Guggenheim China Small Cap is well-positioned to benefit from all those trends. Guggenheim China…