Some other «total» international funds, like those at Schwab and Fidelity don't include emerging markets, so an additional fund must be used to
get emerging markets exposure.
It will also have a modest effect on the Vanguard FTSE All - World ex Canada (VXC), which
gets its emerging markets exposure from VWO.
Not exact matches
Whether your interest is Chinese equities, European dividend stocks,
emerging market small caps, or gold, there's a low - cost ETF available that can
get you instant
exposure.
So, buying US companies gives you good
exposure to international and
emerging markets, no extra work is required to
get that
exposure.
The VEU is a perfect holding for a U.S. investor as it allows them to
get exposure to every major world
market instead of buying three ETFs separately — Vanguard Europe Pacific ETF (VEA), Vanguard
Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) and iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund (EWC).
The Vanguard
Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) remains the cheapest way to get exposure to emerging markets — the MER is 0.25 % and there is no extra performance drag due to withholdin
Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) remains the cheapest way to get exposure to emerging markets — the MER is 0.25 % and there is no extra performance drag due to withholding
Markets ETF (VWO) remains the cheapest way to
get exposure to
emerging markets — the MER is 0.25 % and there is no extra performance drag due to withholdin
emerging markets — the MER is 0.25 % and there is no extra performance drag due to withholding
markets — the MER is 0.25 % and there is no extra performance drag due to withholding taxes.
They've
got a lot less in the US and a lot more
emerging markets exposure than their peers, a lot smaller
market cap, higher dividends, lower p / e.
Not so long ago, investors needed two or three ETFs to
get exposure to the US, international developed
markets and
emerging countries (unless they were willing to buy US - listed ETFs).
The ETF
gets its
exposure to these
markets by holding four US - listed ETFs: Vanguard Large Cap (VV), Vanguard FTSE Europe (VGK), Vanguard FTSE Pacific (VPL) and Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets
markets by holding four US - listed ETFs: Vanguard Large Cap (VV), Vanguard FTSE Europe (VGK), Vanguard FTSE Pacific (VPL) and Vanguard FTSE
Emerging MarketsMarkets (VWO).
CR: So you think, going forward, you'll still
get more diversification benefits by keeping the
exposure to
emerging markets?
Unless you think the old continent is doomed, or that
emerging markets will never come back, now is not a bad time to
get some
exposure outside the U.S. With a 50 % allocation to Europe, Japan and
emerging markets, global equity funds provide that option.
The
emerging market ETFs are still broadly diversified and remain a viable option for
getting exposure to this asset class.
Yet often when investors make an allocation to the international
markets they tend to ignore the substantial universe of smaller - cap stocks that are available overseas, quite possibly thinking they are
getting significant small - cap
exposure by investing in
emerging markets.
The Vanguard
Emerging Markets Fund offers a relatively safe way to
get some
exposure to this asset class, with low fees and a diverse portfolio of more than 4,000 stocks, but it should be limited to a small portion of your well - diversified portfolio.
«One of our focus points is to
get more retail
exposure, especially in these
emerging markets,» he explains.