If you own, the damage has been done and he would continue to hold. A very good product. Not only emerging markets, but specifically Brazil, Russia, India and China, which are 4 economies that are not going to go away anytime soon and are still growing at 6%, 7% and 8% per year.
All 4 of the BRIC countries, Brazil, Russia, India and China have had some difficult times. Dismal first-quarter. Valuations have come down on this one. Price has been chopped. Now yielding a 5.3%. Trades at 8X earnings.
(Top Pick Jun 19/12, Down 9.70%) 40% of world’s population are in those 4 countries and there is a huge middle class. 7-8% over next 12 months. He is pretty content to hold it.
(A Top Pick June 19/12. Up .05%.) (BNN showed the date as April 30/12. This was actually a top pick on June 19/12. I corrected the percent from Down 1.86% to Up .05%. - Bill.)