ETF Update

BRIC Funds Trail Emerging Market Indexes

Stock quotes in this article:GUR, BIK, BKF 

Emerging Markets and 'BRIC' ETFs Rapidly Recovering
NAME, TICKER & TheStreet.com RATINGS GRADE 1-MO. TOTAL RET'N (%) 3-MO. TOTAL RET'N (%) 12-MO. TOTAL RET'N (%) TOTAL NET ASSETS ($MIL.) TOTAL EXPENSE RATIO (%)
TOP EMERGING MARKET FUNDS OVER PAST 3 MONTHS
SPDR S&P Emerging Europe ETF (GUR) E+ 26.51 77.62 -49.99 55.6 0.60
PowerShares Emg Mkts Infrastructure (PXR) U 25.06 73.69 N/A 40.4 0.75
SPDR S&P Emerging Asia Pacific ETF (GMF) C- 22.75 70.89 -17.69 206.7 0.59
TOP BRIC FUNDS OVER PAST 3 MONTHS
iShares MSCI BRIC Index Fund (BKF) D 26.09 69.97 -36.32 150.7 0.72
SPDR S&P BRIC 40 ETF (BIK) D+ 22.24 63.25 -34.89 156.6 0.40
Claymore/BNY BRIC ETF (EEB) C 20.66 56.56 -38.04 393.5 0.60
Source: TheStreet.com Ratings & Bloomberg (Data as of 5/31/2009).
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Richard Widows is a senior financial analyst for TheStreet.com Ratings. Prior to joining TheStreet.com, Widows was senior product manager for quantitative analytics at Thomson Financial. After receiving an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University in California, his career included development of investment information systems at data firms, including the Lipper division of Reuters. His international experience includes assignments in the U.K. and East Asia.

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