The C Word: Is China Really the Worst of the BRIC ETFs?
01 October 2009 at 1:58 pm by Staff
Normally, the folks at Bespoke provide meaningful data and charts. Yet the calendar-year focus on Brazil, Russia, India and China has some of their readers mourning the paltry 52% gains that China (FXI) investing yielded in the first 3 quarters of 2009. Meanwhile, Russia (RSX) is up nearly 100%, India (IFN) at 77%, Brazil (EWZ) at 63%.
Perhaps, however, it’d be more useful to look at other arbitrary periods — time frames that are longer than 9 months. Why not 18 months? Perhaps we could go for 27? Here, then, is 27 months:
Turns out, Russia and India have a long way to go to catch up to Brazil and China; the former two economies are still way behind in the BRIC race.
We also take a gander at the Active ETF space. And we’re maintaining an interest in the ongoing “ETF-versus-mutual-fund” debate.
ETFs Slowly Challenge Mutual Funds’ Supremacy - TraderMark, Seeking Alpha
China Goes From Best To Worst In 2009 - Bespoke
Active ETFs: Too Expensive To Work? - Kevin Price, The Float
Tags | "china investing", Active ETFs, Best ETFs, Mutual Funds
