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Reader Question on EEM versus CBQ

Posted on May 13, 2008

The following question is from AJ:I am wondering about an online article titled ETF Sector: Slop du jour published in the summer 2007 issue of Canadian Business magazine. The relevant section says: The other building block advisers typically recommend is an emerging markets ETF. John De Goey, a senior adviser at Toronto-based Burgeonvest Securities, cautions against the most popular of these, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (NYSE: EEM). Even though it has a 20% return over the past year and is well diversified, Canadians will expose themselves to currency risk since it trades i...

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