VANGUARD FTSE EMERGING MKTS ALL CAP IDX (VEE.TO)

(A Top Pick Dec 31/13. Up 6.58%.) It has done okay in the past little while. Emerging markets have had a bit of a tough time with a pullback in the past 4-5 months. He continues to insist that emerging markets are the most under owned asset class in Canada. This is a long-term hold.

TFSA Holding? If you are going to speculate in your portfolio this is the place to do it.

In his estimation, emerging markets are the most under owned asset class in Canada. Canadians have too much Canadian equity and, in this market, probably too much income. Emerging markets are growing faster than any other part of the world and are still relatively under owned.

An ETF has no fund manager. Fees are lower. He is a big fan of ETFs. This one has the lowest fees in the area. They have been coming back. Emerging markets have been a tough place to be. This would be the one but he would favour local markets right now. He is not a big proponent of diversification just for the sake of it. Buy the trend.

Emerging markets ETF for an RRSP for a long-term? High volatility is okay. Not keen on Russia because of the lack of transparency. He likes going with a broader approach so he likes this one because it is cheap. Other ETFs have something available in emerging markets, but look at the prices and let that be your guide.

Emerging markets is probably the most criminally under owned asset class in the world. It is growing faster than anything else.

Emerging markets. You want to be there because they will grow more than the US in the next number of years. He is taking some money off the table in the US and putting it in emerging markets. You will get an opportunity to buy in the next 6 months.

Emerging Markets. Probably the cheapest. Cap weighted. Also, likes CWO is the fundamentals emerging markets, XMM is the minimum volatility emerging markets ETF.

(Top Pick Dec 6/12, Up 5.96%) An underperformer in a robust year. Emerging markets are criminally under owned by North Americans. A core holding for him.

Core holding. This will do well beyond this coming year. Emerging markets will do as well as or better than developed markets. Emerging markets are weakly correlated to developed markets so is a good diversifier and lower the risk of the portfolio.

(A Top Pick Dec 31/12. Down 1.69%.) He doesn’t really have very much in emerging markets right now. Likes this one because it is cheap but he is not widely enthusiastic about emerging markets right now.

Moving from MSCI to FTSE is not an issue for him. No matter which bench mark provider they use, it comes down to the cost of licensing it.

(A Top Pick July 12/12. Up 4.34%.) Emerging markets have really been hit, which is one of the reasons he likes it even more. Emerging markets is one of the most under owned asset class in the world. This gives you diversification as well as a good growth story.

(A Top Pick Feb 27/12. Up 2.68%.) Has been a relatively sluggish year for emerging markets.