iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM)

Is overweight industrials, especially ex-USA, which has worked out well. We're seeing a global boom with 91% of world central banks easing rates and fiscal stimulus. Valuations are attractive. Japanese banks are on fire.

Emerging markets didn't look good the last 10 years, but have been recently. Benefits from diversifying out of the U.S. Boast better valuations and forecasts compared to Europe. Allocate 10-15% of your portfolio to EM.

He just bought this to get exposure to China, which he didn't have at all directly. Top holdings include Alibaba and Tencent as well as Taiwan Semi. He likes the momentum in this geography.

Look overseas to buy a tech dip? Taiwan Semi makes up 6% in this ETF. We're in this supercycle where commodities and banks are climbing. EM and Asian tech names are are some of the most valuable--but undervalued--in the world. They enjoy a much-larger market, too. American investors shouldn't get away from this trade. EM enjoys a weaker US dollar and global re-acceleration.

(A Top Pick March 15/17. Up 2%.) He was looking for a place to hide and didn’t want to recommend either a US or Canadian stock. The period of seasonal strength for this ETF is from around the end of January through to the end of April. Now is the time to take profits.

(This is in US$, but is also available in Cnd$ through ZEM-T, FDE-T and SHZ-T, which also offers a nice dividend yield.) Technically, the chart shows a nice upward trend, and today, after 2 PM we had a break out to a new high. The growth is coming from India, China, South Korea, Brazil, Taiwan. Seasonally, this runs from the middle of January right through to approximately the end of April.

An e-commerce pure play in India or this ETF? In India, there isn’t really a publicly listed company. There is a company called Flipkart that is essentially the Amazon of India. It is private and has a lot of notable investors globally. That segment of the commerce is growing very quickly, but it is still not profitable. There is a lot of subsidizing of their delivery costs and it is very competitive on pricing. It’s a little early days, and she would rather go to this indirectly. (See Top Picks.)

This has a lot of China exposure. Very liquid so you have a lot of ability to get in and out very quickly and it has a very liquid options market. The only way he would consider trading this now, given the volatility that we are seeing in China, is to buy it with the intention of writing options against it, because the option premiums are pretty decent and are very liquid.

(A Top Pick Jan 19/15. Up 8.43%.) This was very successful, but it was not hedged against currency so it could have been higher.