This is a bunch of companies that are utilities, telcos, consumer staples; not that different than what you see in Canada, the US and Europe. Not cheap right now. The theory is that if we go into a bear market that is ugly for a while, these are safer stocks. They’ll go down less in a bad market, about half to three quarters of the rate of the broader indexes.
He trades in and out the EM. He is in China now. It looks like it has a lid on it. Looks constructive. If it break through the $23 level would be a buy.
You typically get one payout a year from emerging market ETFs. Generally emerging markets pay out a larger dividend. He would look for the distribution to settle out at about 2%. The difference between this and VEE-T is that is it is low volatility.
This is a bunch of companies that are utilities, telcos, consumer staples; not that different than what you see in Canada, the US and Europe. Not cheap right now. The theory is that if we go into a bear market that is ugly for a while, these are safer stocks. They’ll go down less in a bad market, about half to three quarters of the rate of the broader indexes.