arthur wrote:FXI deserves mention, but to buy 100 shares might be too pricey for some, about$12,000.
My broker charges me the same commission regardless of whether I buy odd lots or not, and since I buy and hold forever I am not too bothered about whether I paid a fraction of a percent too much for my odd lot.
That said, FXI is essentially ONE component of CBQ, and CBQ represents just a portion of VWO. When you move from VWO to CBQ to FXI with each step you are less and less diversified. You are increasingly cherry picking the components of VWO that outperformed over the past few years and as a result your result may not be sustainable.
You may, in fact, be buying into a bubble.
I buy VWO because it is one component of my global portfolio, and aim, in rough terms, for a portfolio that holds all the securities in the world in proportion to their market cap. Unfortunately I can't do that perfectly (not all securities are available to me, and data on world market caps can be spotty). However I figure that being reasonably close is good enough for diversification purposes.
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