BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR (NASDAQ:ADRE)

NetscribeETF (37.64) Submitted: 3/27/2007 8:47:10 AM : Start Price: $35.91 ADRE Score: +3.80

BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index fund is a unit investment trust designed to provide investment results that correspond generally, before fees and expenses, to the price and yield performance of the publicly-traded depositary receipts comprising The Bank of New York Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index, a capitalization-weighted index designed to track the performance of a basket of emerging market-based Depositary Receipts

The fund is well diversified across sectors with the major weight given to oil and gas producers, banks, mobile telecommunications and industrial metals constituting approximately 40.83% of the total portfolio. The total market capitalization of the fund stood at $340 million as on March 26, 2007. The fund manger’s strategy is to invest in the sectors which are likely to outperform in the future. This is anticipated on the back of the fact that an emerging economy is moving towards development and would require strong and sound banking system in place. Further, telecommunication companies in such economies have a lot of potential as the penetration levels are low. The fund investment is a bit skewed towards oil and gas producing companies, however, this strategy is favorable for investors as the investment is in the state owned companies in the emerging markets which are likely to receive a hefty amount of benefits from their respective governments and the oil prices will take care of the rest.

The fund’s top four investment destinations include Brazil, China, Korea and Mexico, which makes up 65.54% of the total portfolio. Further, the investment in Brazil is skewed towards industrial metals, banks and petroleum producers sectors. Similarly, the investments in China are spotted on telecommunications and petroleum producers sectors. This gives a signal that the fund construction is keeping in mind the investors profit maximization along with risk minimization. Additionally, the fund has given one-year total return of approximately 35.06% while keeping its expense ratio to a minimum 0.30%. Keeping in mind the above factors, the NAV will see an augment going ahead.

Calegro (34.05) Submitted: 3/23/2007 11:24:07 AM : Start Price: $36.29 ADRE Score: +3.07

I can't decide between VWO and this - buy both?! Anyway, the main component stocks are still Value plays especially after the recent correction. I do note that ADRE is a lot less diversified than VWO with the bulk of it's holdings in Resource and Energy related plays. Anyone know any ETF that tracks Financial stocks in Emerging Markets?

rnnr420 (27.03) Submitted: 2/28/2007 3:38:09 PM : Start Price: $34.60 ADRE Score: +6.06

emerging market 50 ADR index

WyattKaldenberg (47.48) Submitted: 2/8/2007 4:33:03 PM : Start Price: $36.54 ADRE Score: +2.98

A good World growth ETF

Talmar (92.31) Submitted: 2/6/2007 12:45:28 PM : Start Price: $36.15 ADRE Score: +3.62

I was looking for some international stock to fill out my portfolio, and was watching VWO for a while until I found ADRE. This gives you the same expense ratio as VWO (a very reasonable 0.30%) while having beaten it historically by investing in most of the same companies. The emerging markets give you a nice galloping growth, while the diversity of the fund ensures you don't end up losing it all to a coup d'etat. Can also be used to balance a portfolio overweight with domestic stock.

NoVaAmPro (96.93) Submitted: 12/8/2006 1:30:00 PM : Start Price: $34.01 ADRE Score: +7.89

This fund takes the top of the developing world's companies, which is a plus--investing in places relatively poor in capital gives a bigger return on investment, but at a greater risk (because financial markets, and even political systems, may not be fully-formed or insulated against shocks as in the developed world). This one is kind of having it both ways--the best companies (lower risk) in more dynamic, emerging economies (higher return).

milgbarbosa (< 20) Submitted: 12/6/2006 8:46:38 PM : Start Price: $34.39 ADRE Score: +7.23

Emerging markets great companies in this ETF

Maadel (< 20) Submitted: 12/5/2006 11:01:04 PM : Start Price: $34.41 ADRE Score: +6.61

ADRE - an emerging market index fund with 50 stocks from a wide variety of countries: Brazil, Taiwan, India, Korea, Mexico, South Africa which has done stunningly well over the four years it has been in business.

GOLF365 (< 20) Submitted: 12/1/2006 12:10:47 PM : Start Price: $33.29 ADRE Score: +9.27

HAS PERFORMED WELL FOR ME!

macaroniBBQ (52.78) Submitted: 10/24/2006 1:09:16 PM : Start Price: $31.13 ADRE Score: +14.55

This is the best emerging-market ETF. Low expense ratio of .30%, low correlation to US market (where presumably most of one's money will be), beta of 1.51, and very little country overlap with my other global ETF pick, DWM (which focuses on developed global markets, also ex-US)...the overlap is only for DWM weightings of less than 2-3%. This ETF invests in companies with strong valuations, growth potential (while sitll being value picks), which also tend to yield dividends; that's why the beta is so low while still managing to be an "emerging market" ETF. I would allocate 15-30% to this pick for my idealized ETF portfolio.

vanadium77 (79.66) Submitted: 10/20/2006 3:46:40 PM : Start Price: $30.89 ADRE Score: +15.44

Shaky as of late, but still holding.

fatdiesel (98.34) Submitted: 10/4/2006 3:28:42 PM : Start Price: $29.19 ADRE Score: +20.44

The expense ratio is cheap and you get exposure to different emerging markets. I sleep great at night owning this is my Roth IRA.

Sajix2 (20.64) Submitted: 9/13/2006 3:39:10 PM : Start Price: $28.87 ADRE Score: +19.15

Emerging Market ADR index, a great way to get liquid exposure to the new markets