ETF Talk: Eyeing GEMS for Your Portfolio

Doug Fabian

Doug Fabian is known for his expert knowledge of ETFs, bear funds and enhanced index funds to profit in any market climate.

When I look for an investment opportunity, I am particularly interested in recovering markets. That’s why I was intrigued when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s announcement on quantitative easing spurred a sell-off in global and emerging markets earlier this month.

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As a result, I have found an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that taps into a diverse group of emerging markets, the EGShares Technology GEMS ETF (QGEM). This fund invests nearly 90% of its resources in emerging markets in Asia, Africa and South America. Chinese holdings lead the way at 49.15%, followed by Indian holdings at 29.01%. QGEM also invests 3.48% in Thailand, 2.88% in Chile, 2.64% in Indonesia, 2.28% in South Africa and 1.50% in Turkey.

The emerging market index, which includes stocks from all of these countries, looks ripe for a recovery due to its abnormally low P/E ratio. QGEM, on the other hand, already is nicely situated at a 16-to-1 P/E ratio, but this ETF has holdings in key countries that will benefit from such a rebound. QGEM should be well ahead of the emerging market surge.

As indicated by the chart below, QGEM has risen 26% during the last year through a wide variety of conditions. The fund also offers a 1.97% dividend yield.

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International stocks form 96.9% of QGEM’s portfolio. The top 10 holdings, nine in developing economies and one in Russia, comprise 57.08% of the total assets of the fund. The largest is Tencent Holdings, with 10.41% of the fund’s assets, followed by Baidu Inc., 7.95%; INFOSYS LTD, 7.83%; TCS LTD, 6.48%; NetEase Inc, 4.62%; Lenovo Group Ltd., 4.55%; Sina Corporation, 4.24%; Wipro Ltd. GDR, 3.79%; Mail.ru Group Ltd GDR, 3.75%; and Shin Corporation Public Co. Ltd, 3.48%.

As indicated by the name of the ETF, these holdings primarily focus on one sector: technology. Indeed, 86.05% of QGEM’s portfolio is invested in that sector, followed by 10.35% in communication services and 3.6% in industrials. Considering that this concentration is spread across China, India, Thailand, Hong Kong, Russia, Chile, the United States, Turkey, Indonesia, South Africa and Poland, QGEM is an incredibly diverse investment. I encourage you to look into QGEM so you can profit as the emerging markets recover.

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