Description: The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by companies located in emerging market countries. The fund employs an indexing investment approach by investing substantially all (approximately 95%) of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Emerging Index, while employing a form of sampling to reduce risk. The FTSE Emerging Index includes approximately 851 common stocks of companies located in emerging markets around the world. As of May 31, 2013, the largest markets covered in the index were China, Brazil, Taiwan, and India.
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VWO Technical AnalysisExchange: NYSE ARCA
Country: US
Currency: US Dollar ($)
Category: Diversified Emerging Mkts
| Asset Allocation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset Class | Long % | Short % | Net Assets |
| Stock non-US | 96.88 | 0.00 | 96.88 |
| Cash | 2.90 | 0.00 | 2.90 |
| Stock US | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.16 |
| Other | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.05 |
| NotClassified | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Sector Weights | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sector | Equity % | Relative to Category |
| Financial Services | 21.27 | 23.14 |
| Technology | 15.96 | 20.02 |
| Consumer Cyclicals | 13.32 | 13.69 |
| Basic Materials | 9.63 | 7.09 |
| Communication Services | 8.99 | 8.16 |
| Industrials | 7.48 | 6.18 |
| Consumer Defensive | 6.42 | 7.61 |
| Energy | 5.53 | 5.43 |
| Healthcare | 4.74 | 5.03 |
| Utilities | 3.62 | 1.90 |
| Real Estate | 3.04 | 1.77 |
| World Regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Region | Equity % | Relative to Category |
| Asia Emerging | 58.29 | 49.46 |
| Asia Developed | 17.35 | 24.27 |
| Africa/Middle East | 12.45 | 7.15 |
| Latin America | 9.84 | 12.36 |
| Europe Emerging | 1.42 | 1.26 |
| Europe Developed | 0.49 | 1.73 |
| North America | 0.16 | 3.05 |
| Japan | 0.00 | 0.08 |
| Australasia | 0.00 | 0.05 |
| United Kingdom | 0.00 | 0.60 |