This ETF offers exposure to Russian equities, making it one of many options available for accessing a component of the BRIC bloc that holds tremendous potential but also significant risks. Russia's economy remains largely dependent on the energy sector, and as such ETFs such as ERUS can exhibit significant volatility. ERUS is probably too granular for long-term buy-and-holders, but can be useful for investors looking to implement a country rotation strategy or to tilt exposure towards this emerging market. ERUS is, perhaps not surprisingly, tilted heavily towards the energy sector, and has huge concentrations in a few individual companies. For those seeking more balanced exposure, RSX may be a better choice; that Van Eck ETF boasts better depth and diversification, along with a comparable expense ratio. Van Eck also offers RSXJ, a small cap Russia ETF that may be better able to provide pure play exposure to the local Russian economy (without the heavy energy tilt).
The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for ERUS on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Emerging Markets Equities with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETFdb Pro. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
View the Category ReportMetric | Metric Realtime Rating | A+ Metric Rated ETF |
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Liquidity | A- | n/a |
Expenses | B | n/a |
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Asset | Percentage |
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Common equity | 94.2% |
ETF Cash Component | 3.06% |
Preferred stock | 2.74% |
Sector | Percentage |
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Energy | 48.78% |
Basic Materials | 18.3% |
Financials | 18.29% |
Communications | 3.35% |
Other | 3.08% |
ETF Cash Component | 3.06% |
Consumer, Non-Cyclical | 2.79% |
Utilities | 2.34% |
Market Cap | Percentage |
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Large cap | 68.42% |
Mid cap | 26.24% |
ETF Cash Component | 3.06% |
Small cap | 2.28% |
Region | Percentage |
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Europe | 96.94% |
ETF Cash Component | 3.06% |
Region | Percentage |
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Emerging Markets | 92.11% |
ETF Cash Component | 3.06% |
Developed Markets (ex-US) | 2.54% |
Frontier Markets | 2.28% |
Country | Percentage |
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Russia | 92.11% |
ETF Cash Component | 3.06% |
United Kingdom | 2.54% |
Cyprus | 2.28% |
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