Originally Posted by jimmycooper

That's a pretty weak metric. Would be better if it factored in rate of growth and used GDP per capita instead of just GDP so as to account for population. Adding a value that indicates the level of political corruption in each country would also be nice.



Check out EEM. ETFs have more flexibility than mutual funds. I've had about 40% of my portfolio invested in it for just over 2 years. Shares are pretty much flat since I first bought in, but I write calls on them every month so am up about 40% or so.

Here's a breakdown of holdings by country

China 16.36%
South Korea 14.66%
Brazil 14.36%
Taiwan 11.58%
South Africa 7.85%
India 7.43%
Russia 6.38%
Mexico 4.60%
Malaysia 3.53%
Indonesia 2.99%

http://us.ishares.com/product_info/f...erview/EEM.htm