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Sick of BRIC ETFs? Part 2

Stock quotes in this article:THD, TUR 

Korea's strong IT sector has been fueled by demand from China's consumers. As trade improves, look for South Korea to grow as a global competitor in the IT sector, offering high-quality products at competitive prices.

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Funds like EWY, TUR and THD offer unique opportunities in emerging markets. While all emerging economies offer a high risk/reward potential, these country-specific funds help to target areas that have a particularly strong sector. THD and TUR focus on energy and financials; EWY focuses on information technology.

Potential investors must be aware of the increased volatility and concentration that comes with investing in a single-country emerging-market fund. Buy-and-hold investors should keep their emerging market allocation small and mix up their holdings between multiple single-country funds.

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At the time of publication, Dion was long THD and TUR.

Don Dion is president and founder of Dion Money Management, a fee-based investment advisory firm to affluent individuals, families and nonprofit organizations, where he is responsible for setting investment policy, creating custom portfolios and overseeing the performance of client accounts. Founded in 1996 and based in Williamstown, Mass., Dion Money Management manages assets for clients in 49 states and 11 countries. Dion is a licensed attorney in Massachusetts and Maine and has more than 25 years' experience working in the financial markets, having founded and run two publicly traded companies before establishing Dion Money Management.

Dion also is publisher of the Fidelity Independent Adviser family of newsletters, which provides to a broad range of investors his commentary on the financial markets, with a specific emphasis on mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. With more than 100,000 subscribers in the U.S. and 29 other countries, Fidelity Independent Adviser publishes six monthly newsletters and three weekly newsletters. Its flagship publication, Fidelity Independent Adviser, has been published monthly for 11 years and reaches 40,000 subscribers.

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