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VANGUARD FTSE EMERGING MKTS ALL CAP IDXVEE.TOCOMMENTDec 27, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 19, 2026. Market Open.
VEE vs. XID VEE covers EM. XID: India has a young working population who speak English. India fits well into global commerce. If they build their infrastructure, India will do well. Problem is, everyone knows India's long-term story and already have high expectations. India has been underperforming the past year, so he wants to see India cheaper and offer better performance before stepping in. Wait. Look at SCIF for India small-caps For EM, focus on Asian EMs, so go with GMF-N instead of VEE.
XID vs VEE (India vs. EM) VEE is Asia-ex Japan. It contains some major India stocks, plus Korea and China. With XID, you're making a country call. Do you know something about India that the world does not? He is not a country allocator. Take a look at Forstrong ETFs (https://www.forstrong.com/) which actively manage their funds, and you need that if you're so country-specific.
If he was going to play the emerging market he would certainly choose that one because it’s Vanguard and the cost is going to be very low. He hasn’t been playing very much in the emerging market, because in general the S&P 500 has half of its earnings come from non-U.S. sources so you are actually playing the emerging market already. Since a lot of the global economy seems to be improving, he has taken a look at this, but it’s just that right now he prefers the U.S.