Karl Berger
iShares BRIC ETF
CBQ-T
BUY
Aug 30, 2011
He likes specific stocks. Uses ETFs in TFSAs due to size of account. 10% down recently is to be expected because of the volatility in emerging markets. You need to manage the percentage of your portfolio because of volatility.
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.)