It has managed to outperform the MSCI Emerging Markets index by about 100 basis points, however.
The ETF is down 3.25% this year, back to underperforming the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
Russia has outperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets index for the week starting March 14.
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The iShares MSCI Brazil (EWZ) exchange traded fund is actually outperforming the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
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China was the worst performing of the BRICs, dragging down the MSCI Emerging Markets index, as well.
He recommends more international investments through an ETF such as the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF.
This ETF holds publicly traded securities in emerging markets, as represented by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
Brazil accounts for 12.6 percent of the MSCI Emerging Markets index, so most investors are underweight.
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The fund is up 13 percent year to date, closely in line with the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
The gap between the MSCI Frontier Markets index and the MSCI Emerging Markets index remains near historic lows.
Russia, still the wild East of the big four, has underperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets index all year.
That pushed the MSCI Emerging Markets index up around 20% in the first quarter before it started selling off.
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In the year to date, the MSCI Emerging Markets index has risen more than 20% in dollar terms.
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The MSCI Emerging Markets index is down 1.62% year-to-date, erasing January gains.
However, over the last five days, the MSCI Emerging Markets index has declined.
The ETF is down over 8% year-to-date, making China an underperformer of the MSCI Emerging Markets index yet again.
Since Jan. 1, the MSCI Frontier Markets index has risen 7%, while the MSCI Emerging Markets index has fallen 1%.
The MSCI Brazil index is down 8.67 percent this year while the MSCI Emerging Markets index is up 13.6 percent.
The iShares FTSE China ( FXI) exchange traded fund is up 3.39 percent year-to-date, outperforming the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
After beating the MSCI Emerging Markets Index for the past six months, China equity outperformance will unlikely last the year.
Their average annual TSR of 17.3 percent is nearly 3 times greater than that of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
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The Market Vectors Russia (RSX) has been outperforming its peers in the MSCI Emerging Markets index over the last four weeks.
He holds emerging market equities through the Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets Index (VWO) ETF and emerging market local currency bond funds.
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Over the last 12 months, IEI is up 3.16% while the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets index (EEM) ETF is up just 1.24%.
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Eight equity markets South Korea, Taiwan, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, India and China also make up 80% of the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
The U.S. equity market has done almost as good as the wilder and higher beta stocks in the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
The Spyder Trust ( SPY) and the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ( EEM) are about even, gaining 114% and 111% respectively.
Since July, emerging-market shares have been a disaster, falling 50%, as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, worse than U.S. stocks.
Since inception, Total Emerging Markets has outperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM) exchange traded fund, which closely mirrors the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
Nevertheless, China equities are still beating the MSCI Emerging Markets index, if measured by the FTSE China Xinhua 25 (FXI) exchange traded fund.
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