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John DeGoey iShares Broad Emerging Market ETF CWO-T BUY Oct 19, 2010

His favourite emerging market ETF is ZEM because it is the cheapest, but this is good also.
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Claymore Emerging Market ETF (CWO-T) versus iShares Emerging-Market ETF (XEM-T)? Claymore uses the PUTSI-RAFI (?) Emerging Markets Index. If you feel fundamental indexing is a more positive, longer-term approach, then Claymore would be best.
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Broad Emerging Market ETF. Currency hedged. Should do well.
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Does not use it. It is a smart beta type index, which he likes. It filters out some of the weaker stocks. However, he thinks the emerging markets will underperform so only buy them on pullbacks.

COMMENT
Some of the ETF providers have a legacy ETF and then they come out with one called Core. Check what the MER is. Because for the most they are basically the same. You should have a healthy exposure to Emerging Markets.