These are peculiar times we find ourselves in. Here’s a list of funds from Kiplinger that not only cover just about every bogeyman bandied about in the financial press these days, but hit upon some classic needs in a mutual fund as well.

Inflation protection

Sooner or later, the reckless monetary policy in Washington D.C. is going to catch up with us, and it will likely result in much higher inflation than we’ve seen in recent times. To combat that threat to your wealth, you may want to look into Fidelity Strategic Real Return (FSRRX). This fund holds a mix of 30% inflation indexed government bonds, 25% commodities, 20% real estate, and 25% floating rate loans. Diversification should provide for a smoother ride, and each asset type benefits from rising prices.

Net Asset Value (NAV):8.40
Yield: 2.58%
YTD Return: 22.12%
5y Avg Return: N/A
Rank in Category (ytd): 122
% Rank in Category (ytd): 18.86%
Beta (3y): 0.88
Morningstar Risk Rating: Above average

Benefit from a recovery

Eventually, the economy is bound to recover, and when it does you’ll want to be in the T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth (RPMGX), or so the staff at Kiplinger say. The manager of this fund focuses on fast growing companies, with high returns on investment capital. Small and mid-cap stocks typically lead out of a recession anyway, so this seems like a good choice for a recovery fund. It’s a bit expensive however, with an NAV of 46.06.

NAV:46.06
yield: N/A
YTD Return: 38.69%
5y Avg Return: 6.27%
Rank in Category (ytd): 204
% Rank in Category (ytd): 23.94%
Beta (3y): 1.11
Morningstar Risk Rating: Average

Benefit from the falling dollar.

The Merk Hard Currency Inv (MERKX) fund seeks to profit form a declining dollar by investing in gold and money market securities, denominated in foreign currencies. The fund does not appear to have a Morningstar rating, and the ratio of investments in currency to gold is not readily apparent, so be sure to read the prospectus on this one carefully before you invest.

NAV:12.41
yield: N/A
YTD Return: 12.69%
5y Avg Return: N/A
Rank in Category (ytd): 0
% Rank in Category (ytd): 0%
Beta (3y): -0.70
Morningstar Risk Rating: None.

Best new fund.

Kiplinger’s pick for best new fund is the Third Avenue Focused Credit Investor (TFCVX) fund. Their reason seems to be that the fund sponsor, Third Avenue, seldom launches new funds so it must be good! I’m not sure that’s enough for me to invest in a fund, but it does seem interesting enough to examine further.

Third Avenue Focused Credit Investor focuses on junk debt, specifically convertible bonds and distressed securities. Need I say that these are risky investments? Still, much of the risk may be wrung out of them since the toxic asset debacle of 2008. You’ll have to do your own gut check on this one, as well as your own research because there isn’t a lot of information or history out there for this fund yet.

Low minimum required investment.

Most mutual funds require minimum investment amounts that put the fund out of reach for the small investor, especially one just starting out. But some funds pride themselves on keeping a low minimum. Kiplinger rates their best low minimum fund pick for 2009 to be the same as last year: Amana Trust Growth (AMAGX) fund. The minimum investment is $250, and the fund focuses on large cap growth companies. While the managers choose their investments using Muslim principles as a guide, the fund is open to all investors.

It’s interesting to not that Morningstar gives this fund a below average rating. Keep in mind that the average here is among all large cap growth funds, not just low minimum funds.

NAV: 20.66
yield: N/A
YTD Return: 22.28%
5y Avg Return: 8.93%
Rank in Category (ytd): 1280
% Rank in Category (ytd): 70.95%
Beta (3y): 0.75
Morningstar Risk Rating: Below average

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Kiplinger has released their annual “best of” edition, where they rate the best of just about everything. One of the categories is ETF’s. I thought I’d share the picks, and some thoughts on them here, but you should check out the complete issue if you get a chance.

Best ETF for Income.

Kiplinger’s pick for best Income ETF is the iShares iBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bond (LQD) ETF. It not only has a decent yield, but a pretty good return so far for the year, especially for a bond ETF – 11.65%.

LQD generally seeks to match the price and yield performance of the iBoxx $ Liquid Investment Grade Index. LQD invests 90% or more of assets in the bonds of the underlying index, with at least 95% in investment grade corporate bonds. The remaining 5% of assets can be in U.S. government obligations, and in cash and cash equivalents. It is a non diversified fund, meaning there is no stock component, only bonds. That’s something to consider if diversification is important in the income portion of your portfolio.

Not only has this fund outpaced most other corporate bond ETF’s, it also pays a monthly dividend.

YTD Return: 11.65%
Yield : 5.38%
Total Expense Ratio 0.15%

Best ETF for Those Seeking a High Return.

Kiplinger’s first of two Vanguard funds recommended in this article is the Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock ETF (VWO). It’s no wonder either, with an expense ratio of only 0.20%, and a total return year to date of a whopping 62.82%!

Vanguard’s Emerging Markets Stock ETF tracks the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets index. It’s a passively managed fund which invests all or nearly all of its assets in a representative sample of the common stocks included in the MSCI Emerging Markets index.

YTD Return: 62.82%
Yield: 3.11%
Total Expense Ratio 0.2%

Small companies.

The second Vanguard fund recommended is the Vanguard Small Cap ETF (VB).

The VB ETF tracks a benchmark MSCI US Small Cap 1750 index. It invests all or nearly all of its assets in stocks that make up that index. Like all Vanguard ETF’s, the VB has a low expense ratio (0.1%), but a high (for small cap stocks) yield of 1.76% – and it’s had a pretty good run this year.

YTD Return: 30.92%
Yield: 1.76%
Total Expense Ratio 0.1%

Complete portfolio.

The iShares S&P Growth Allocation (AOR) ETF is like a one stop shop for your somewhat generic allocation with moderate risk portfolio. It invests 60-70% in stocks, and 30-40% in fixed income securities like bonds and REITs.

It’s a great out of the box portfolio for the investor who isn’t sure what he should be investing in and what kind of allocation it should be.

YTD Return: 15.70%
Yield: N/A
Total Expense Ratio 0.11%

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By now, we now the sad story of the large national investment banks like Bear Stearns, AIG, Citigroup et. al.. Such examples give pause to investors, as they should, but they also taint the entire financial sector.

Believe it or not, there are many banks that stuck to lending and banking principles and never ventured into derivatives and toxic assets. Shares in these banks, usually small, regional banks, have taken a hit. Call it guilt by association. It’s unfair, but it creates great opportunity for investors who can stomach the kind of volatility that often accompanies such subjective discrimination.

Here are three smaller banks, recently recommended by SmartMoney magazine.

Provident Financial Services (PFS)
Provident is a well run, new jersey bank with a solid balance sheet and enough cash on hand to ride out the current recession. Provident has 82 branches and only 1.5% of their loans are “nonperforming”, which is well under the industry average. The stock trades at 1.1 times the tangible book value, which is cheap for any sector.

City National (CYN)
City National is located in Beverly Hills, CA and caters to the affluent (think high-end Hollywood). Analysts expect earnings to rise sharply in 2010. They currently have $28 billion in assets, and $13 billion in deposits. Though the price has fallen 26% on worries of exposure to California’s pummeled real estate market, analysts say that the bank has high quality assets and earnings should “rise significantly.”

TCF Financial (TCB)
While loan losses have been increasing, this Midwest bank has a stable deposit growth and commercial leasing business. This is by far the riskiest bank on the list, but it shouldn’t be destined for bailout/failure country. Analysts say the “repair work is ongoing”, which may make for a few more rocky quarters, but patient investors should be rewarded.

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Introducing the “new, pragmatic approach to energy investing” (as it is called by SmartMoney) – also known as the having it both ways approach. It’s a new way to invest in energy stocks, and it mimics what the big oil companies themselves are doing. It’s a hedge, really.

It’s investing in the traditional energy supplies like coal and oil as a core to the portfolio, while also adding alternative energy like solar, wind and biofuel to the mix.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects fast growing economies like India and China will help drive energy consumption up by 33% by 2030. This will also drive up research into green and renewable energy sources, but it will also push the price of oil up to where it will be profitable to tap the harder to drill wells and process the more costly oil shale supplies of Canada – hence the hedge. Fossil fuels aren’t going away anytime soon, but they also won’t last forever.

Here are 5 energy stocks that should benefit from the new and old sources of energy.

Schlumberger (SLB).

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This Houston based oil services firm helps customers like Exxon Mobil improve their efficiency in finding and extracting oil. Schlumberger gets nearly 75% of its $27 billion in annual sales from customers outside the U.S., so it’s also a nice foreign investment play. It’s active in operations off the west African coast as well as Russia.

Drilling fell nearly 60% in the U.S. and 30% in Russia when the recession hit, so it’s not a short term hold by any stretch, but it’s a good long term buy and hold opportunity. The cost of energy is only going to go up in the future, which is why many analysts say that Schlumberger’s long term potential far outweighs the short term challenges.

Apache (APA).

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Natural gas prices fell 75% when new reserves of gas came into the market, and while this may be good news for consumers it’s not so good for Apache, who gets more than half its income from natural gas.

But natural gas is only half the story. While natural gas is not expected to hit it’s all time high again anytime soon, oil has rebounded quite a bit from it’s near $30 per barrel low. Apache’s plan is to only drill when oil is $40 or more a barrel, and search for gas when it’s at least $4.50 per million BTUs. Not surprisingly, Apache is spending much of it’s focus on oil these days.

Analysts say the company has a long term record of boosting production through acquisitions and operating efficiencies. As Ben Halliburton, chief investment officer of money manager Tradition Capital says, “They do a great job blocking and tackling.”

First Solar (FSLR).

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Even though demand for solar energy worldwide is expected to be flat for this year, and even though the world is gripped by recession, this maker of solar panels expects earnings to soar 70% this year, and sales to increase 55%. Not too shabby.

Despite the buzz around green, renewable energy, solar energy is only a blip on the global energy radar. That means that if solar energy can become cost effective, there’s a lot of room for growth.

Some analysts expect demand for solar energy to grow more than 40% as the recession ends and governments continue to favor clean energy with grants and subsidies.

To ready itself for this anticipated growth, First Solar plans to double its production and manufacture enough solar panels to provide 1,000 megawatts of electricity.

If all this research and anticipation pans out, this would give First Solar an edge against any competitors.

Telvent (TLVT).

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Telvent provides traffic management and other services to improve efficiency in energy and transportation industries. Efficiency is seen by some analysts as the low-hanging fruit of the push for cleaner, greener energy. This makes sense, because it’s easier to cut costs than increase revenue.

The massive $787 billion government spending bill passed by congress in February included $4.5 billion for building a “smart grid.” The smart grid makes use of technology and services provided by companies like Telvent to increase the efficiency of energy transmission.

Telvent’s client base includes utilities and governments around the world, and they hope to get a large part of the smart grid projects. The company headquarters were moved from Madrid to outside Washington, D.C. last year, which probably won’t hurt their bid for federal projects any.

Massey Energy (MEE).

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Last up on the recommended energy stocks on this list comes from America’s often battered coal industry. Demand for coal is down, and competition from natural gas is up and Washington has made the coal industry second only to “Big Oil” on its energy enemies list. All of this factors into coal stocks being all but left for dead.

So why is a coal company like Massey Energy on a list of recommended stocks?

In a word, opportunity.

All those negatives have beaten share price down so far that there is a potential for huge return. Despite its status in Washington, coal remains one of the cheapest and most abundant sources of energy and still powers half of the U.S. electric output.

Massey is the nation’s 4th largest coal producer and the largest coal company in Central Appalachia.

Regardless of the ideals of the green energy movement, America is not likely to wean itself from coal for more than a decade at the earliest and Massey Energy is poised to reap the rewards for the time being.

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The Vanguard family of funds has many fans in the individual investor community. With their dedication to low expense fees, it’s no surprise. Much has been made of the drag on performance of high fees, and there is a growing investment community that not only shuns investments with high fees, but rates fees and expenses high on the list of things to consider when choosing an investment.

For those of you who count yourselves among this lot of fans, here is a sample ETF portfolio that is entirely Vanguard funds. The average annual expense ratio of this portfolio is just 0.13%! It’s geared toward the average risk tolerance with a 65% stock – 35% bond split.

• 35% Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND)
• 20% Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US (VEU)
• 20% Vanguard Large Cap (VV)
• 15% Vanguard Small Cap (VB)
• 5% Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock (VWO)
• 5% Vanguard REIT (VNQ)

BND

Seeks to track the performance of a broad, market-weighted bond index. The fund invests by sampling the index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.14%
YIELD:4.44%

VEU

Seeks to track the performance of the FTSE All-World ex-US Bond Index (foreign bonds).
EXPENSE RATIO:0.20%
YIELD:1.83%

VV

This fund employs a passive management investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 index, a broadly diversified index of the stocks of predominantly large U.S. companies.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.07%
YIELD:2.00%

VB

This fund employs a passive management investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Small Cap 1750 index, a broadly diversified index of the stocks of smaller U.S. companies.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.10%
YIELD:1.64%

VWO

This fund employs a passively managed investment approach by investing all or substantially all of assets in a representative sample of the common stocks included in the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.20%
YIELD:3.07%

VNQ

The Vanguard REIT ETF tracks the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) US REIT Index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.11%
YIELD:5.58%

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• 25% iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corp (LQD)
• 15% iShares iBoxx $ High Yld Corp (HYG)
• 15% PowerShares Em Mkts Sov Debt (PCY)
• 15% Vanguard REIT (VNQ)
• 10% iShares DJ Select Dividend (DVY)
• 10% PowerShares 1-30 Laddered Treas (PLW)
• 10% Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU)

LQD

The iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corp ETF tracks the iBoxx $ Liquid Investment Grade Index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.15%
YIELD:5.30%

HYG

Seeks the results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the iBoxx(Reg. TM) $ Liquid High Yield Index. The fund invests at least 90% of assets in securities that comprise the index. However, it may invest up to 20% of assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, and in bonds not included within the index
EXPENSE RATIO:0.50%
YIELD:9.78%

PCY

This fund normally invests at least 80% of total assets in emerging markets U.S. dollar-denominated government bonds.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.50%
YIELD:6.08%

VNQ

The Vanguard REIT ETF tracks the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) US REIT Index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.11%
YIELD:5.58%

DVY

The iShares DJ Select Dividend ETF tracks the Dow Jones Select Dividend index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.40%
YIELD: 4.32%

PLW

This fund normally invests at least 80% of total assets in U.S. Treasury securities.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.25%
YIELD:3.56%

XLU

INDEX:The Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF tracks the S&P International Dividend Opportunities index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.48%
YIELD:3.57%

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Here’s the portfolio:

• 40% iShares Russell 3000 ( IWV)
• 20% Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US (VEU)
• 10% PowerShares DB Commodity (DBC)
• 10% Vanguard FTSE All-Wld ex-US Sm Cp* (VSS)
• 10% Vanguard REIT (VNQ)
• 10% WisdomTree SmallCap Earnings (EES)

*Less than one year old.

IWV

Seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell 3000 index.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.20%
YIELD:1.90%

VEU

Seeks to track the performance of the FTSE All-World ex-US Index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.20%
YIELD:1.83%

DBC

Seeks to reflect the performance of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity index.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.75%
YIELD:N/A

VSS

Seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Global Small Cap ex US Index.
EXPENSE RATIO:N/A (just launched in April of 2009)
YIELD:N/A(just launched in April of 2009)

VNQ

Seeks to provide a high level of income and moderate long-term capital appreciation. The fund normally invests approximately 98% of assets in stocks issued by equity real estate investment trusts (REITs) in an attempt to track the investment performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) US REIT Index.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.11%
YIELD:5.58%

EES

Seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree SmallCap Earnings index.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.38%
YIELD:0.80%

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A large part of that yield comes from the LQD fund that focuses on high-quality corporate bonds, the IGOV fund which buys foreign government bonds, HYG which focuses on junk bonds, and dividend stalwart DVY. It’s important to not that the DVY ETF was hammered last year due to its heavy weighting in financial stocks. This has since changed, so don’t expect the DVY to mimic bank stocks so much.

• 20% iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corp (LQD)
• 20% iShares DJ Select Dividend (DVY)
• 10% iShares S&P/Citi Intl Treas Bond (IGOV)
• 10% iShares iBoxx $ High Yld Corp (HYG)
• 10% SPDR S&P Intl Dividend (DWX)
• 10% Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU)
• 10% Vanguard Dividend Appreciation (VIG)
• 10% Vanguard REIT (VNQ)

LQD

The iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corp ETF tracks the iBoxx $ Liquid Investment Grade Index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.15%
YIELD:5.30%

DVY

The iShares DJ Select Dividend ETF tracks the Dow Jones Select Dividend index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.40%
YIELD: 4.32%

IGOV

The iShares S&P/Citi Intl Treas Bond tracks the S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Index Ex US.
EXPENSE RATIO: N/A
YIELD:N/A

HYG

The iShares iBoxx $ High Yld Corp ETF tracks the iBoxx(Reg. TM) $ Liquid High Yield Index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.50%
YIELD:9.78%

DWX

The SPDR S&P Intl Dividend ETF tracks
EXPENSE RATIO:
YIELD:

XLU

INDEX:The Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF tracks the S&P International Dividend Opportunities index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.48%
YIELD:3.57%

VIG

The Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF tracks the Mergent Dividend Achievers Select index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.24%
YIELD: 2.24%

VNQ

The Vanguard REIT ETF tracks the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) US REIT Index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.11%
YIELD:5.58%

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The ETFs in this portfolio (from Kiplinger’s magazine) are anything but the boring, old index funds that got the ETF started. The funds cover commodities like energy, gold and agricultural, but also Timber, Agribusiness and Water Resources. While those sectors and asset classes have a tendency not to follow stocks and bonds, they also have a tendency to be highly volatile, so the folks at Kiplinger also throw in a TIP fund to act as a ballast to help smooth the ride.

• 20% iShares Barclays TIPS Bond (TIP)
• 15% PowerShares DB Energy (DBE)
• 15% SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)
• 15% WisdTree Dreyfus Emerg Currency (CEW)
• 10% Claymore Glbl Timber Index (CUT)
• 10% Market Vectors Agribusiness (MOO)
• 10% PowerShares Water Resources (PHO)
• 5% PowerShares DB Agriculture (DBA)

TIP

iShares Barclays TIPS Bond ETF track Barclays Capital U.S.Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) Index (Series-L).
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.20%
YIELD: 3.90%

DBE

The PowerShares DB Energy ETF tracks the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.75%
YIELD: N/A

GLD

The SPDR Gold Shares ETF tracks the price of gold bullion.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.4%
YIELD: N/A

CEW

The WisdTree Dreyfus Emerg Currency ETF tracks money market rated investments in selected emerging market countries available to foreign investors and changes to the value of these currencies relative to the U.S. dollar.
EXPENSE RATIO: N/A
YIELD: N/A

CUT

The Claymore Glbl Timber Index ETF tracks the Clear Global Timber index.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.71%
YIELD: 2.38%

MOO

The Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF tracks the DAXglobal Agribusiness index.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.58%
YIELD: 0.73%

PHO

The PowerShares Water Resources ETF tracks an equity index called the Palisades Water index.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.64%
YIELD: 0.51%

DBA

The PowerShares DB Agriculture ETF tracks the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index – Optimum Yield Agriculture Excess Return index.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.75%
YIELD: N/A

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Since then, the number ETF offerings has exploded. One part of the expanded ETF universe is the group of ETFs that hold stocks in foreign and emerging markets. This makes investing in the non-U.S. world of equities a snap.

While the more mature foreign markets performed very much like the U.S. stock market during the most recent bear market, investing in foreign stocks is still an excellent way to tap into the fastest growing countries, and hence the biggest gains.

Here’s a sample portfolio (from Kiplinger’s magazine) of ETFs that invest in foreign equities.

• 35% iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA)
• 15% SPDR S&P Intl Dividend (DWX)
• 15% WisdomTree Intl SmallCap Div (DLS)
• 10% iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (FXI)
• 5% iShares MSCI Australia (EWA)
• 5% iShares MSCI Brazil Index (EWZ)
• 5% PowerShares Emerg Mkts Infrastr* (PXR)
• 5% WisdTree Dreyfus Emerg Currency* (CEW)
• 5% WisdomTree India Earnings (EPI)

*Less than one year old.

EFA

The iShares MSCI EAFE Index ETF tracks the MSCI EAFE index.
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.34%
YIELD: 2.71%

DWX

SPDR S&P Intl Dividend ETF tracks the S&P International Dividend Opportunities. index
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.48%
YIELD: 3.57%

DLS

The WisdomTree Intl SmallCap Div ETF tracks the WisdomTree International. SmallCap Dividend index
EXPENSE RATIO: 0.58%
YIELD: 6.45%

FXI

The iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ETF tracks the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.74%
YIELD:1.31%

EWA

The iShares MSCI Australia ETF tracks the MSCI Australia index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.52%
YIELD:4.14%

EWZ

The iShares MSCI Brazil Index ETF tracks the MSCI Brazil index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.63%
YIELD:2.87%

PXR

The PowerShares Emerg Mkts Infrastr ETF tracks the S-Network Emerging Infrastructure Builders index.
EXPENSE RATIO:0.75%
YIELD:N/A

CEW

The WisdTree Dreyfus Emerg Currency ETF seeks to achieve total returns reflective of both money market rated in selected emerging market countries available to foreign investors and changes to the value of these currencies relative to the U.S. dollar.
EXPENSE RATIO:N/A
YIELD:N/A

EPI

The WisdomTree India Earnings ETF tracks the Wisdom Tree India Earnings index
EXPENSE RATIO:0.88%
YIELD:0.70%

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