ETFdb Realtime Rating & Analyst Report for BIK
BIK is a passive ETF that seeks to replicate the S&P BRIC 40 Index. The S&P BRIC 40 Index includes a subset of the constituents of the S&P/IFC Investable (S&P/IFCI) country indices for Brazil, Russia, India or China. The S&P/IFCI Index series is designed to measure the type of returns foreign portfolio investors might receive from investing in emerging market stocks that are legally and practically available to them. Constituents for the S&P/IFCI series are drawn from the S&P/IFC Global stock universe based on size, liquidity and their legal and practical availability to foreign institutional investors.
| ETFdb Category | Expense Ratio | Inception Date | Issuer | Structure | YTD Return * |
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| Emerging Markets Equities | 0.50% | 2007-06-19 | State Street | ETF | -3.83% |
* As of 05-22-2012
BIK Realtime Rating: By Metric
| Metric | Metric Realtime Rating | A+ Metric Rated ETF |
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| Liquidity | A- | EEM |
| Expenses | A- | VWO |
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The first adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for BIK on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, and concentration of holdings. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Emerging Markets Equities ETFdb Category with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field.
BIK Realtime Rating: Overall
| ETFdb Rating Type | Overall Rating | A+ Overall Rated ETF |
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The second table shows the overall Realtime Rating for BIK, as well as the A+ Overall Rated ETF in BIK's Category. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
ETFdb Analyst Report for BIK
This ETF offers exposure to the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, and might be appealing for investors looking to tilt emerging markets exposure towards these economies and away from "quasi-developed" markets that can make up significant portions of more broad-based emerging...
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