FYI: The year is half over and at this point, it's accurate to say emerging stocks and the related exchange traded funds are struggling. The widely followed MSCI Emerging Markets Index is off 7.4 percent year-to-date compared to a gain of 2.5 percent for the S&P 500.
Of the 20 worst-performing ETFs (excluding leveraged funds) on a percentage basis as of the end of the second quarter, 16 are emerging markets funds. At the regional level, Latin America has been particularly hard hit. Five of the 20 worst-performing ETFs through the first half of the year are single-country funds tracking Latin American economies.
Regards,
Ted
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-worst-etfs-of-the-first-half-emerging-markets-pain-2018-07-02-12461528/print
