The Vanguard FTSEEmergingMarkets ETF (VWO) is undergoing a face-lift as it transitions from its MSCI emergingmarketsindex to a FTSEemergingmarketsindex.
Look no further than the relative performance of VWO and the Schwab EmergingMarkets Equity ETF (SCHE), the latter of which tracks a similar version of the FTSEEmergingMarketsindex.
Dave Lutz, ETF strategist at brokerage firm Stifel Nicolaus, notes that the FTSEemergingmarketsindex does not currently include South Korea while MSCI puts the country at 15.5% of the index.