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Keith RichardsBMO India Equity Hedged to CAD ETFZID.TOPAST TOP PICKJul 09, 2018

(A Top Pick May 1/18, Up 2%) It is a bit of a longer play. This is an index but is doing what he likes. It is a slow grower. He may hold this for a while but when the trend breaks he will get out.

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$42.38

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India is one of those areas of the world where people talk of the long term story. They are relatively insulated from trade wars. He is caught on the long term India market. It is expensive. He owns SCIF-N.

BUY
A long-term ETF? Yes. It's a great long-term growth story for EM, especially India. VE also covers EM, but not just India, but Hungary, Mexico and several others. India is the only EM market he likes now, because of its growing middle class and PM Modi getting re-elected. "Long term" means at least 7 years.
COMMENT

Modi is now allowing Apple to do business there. India's had problems with bureaucracy, and if he makes it easier for foreign companies to come in and raise capital, it could be great. It depends on how the trade talks will go in terms of China. China has many geopolitical issues.

BUY
Long term? India should be in a portfolio, because it is a growing economy with a middle class larger than the US population. Don't invest a lot here, but some, say 5%, the same weighting as China's. But India needs to further build its infrastructure, nowhere near China's. The president is pro-business.
PARTIAL BUY
ZID is as good as any. India is a large, diverse economy with 300 million in its middle class. But don't put a lot of money in here; India doesn't invest in economy like China.
WEAK BUY
India is interesting, because 300 million people there are now middle class. India has a lot of potential, and he would hold a small position.
BUY
He's a big fan of EM. India is a good, long-term play: a good banking system and fine demographics. But India is very expensive vs. other EM countries according to earnings. India's growth will continue. India's growth contribution to the world will rise from 9% to 12% in five years. In contrast, America's contribution will decline.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 03/18, Down 1%) He's held it for a year and done very well. It's been on an uptrend since 2017. He's moving aggressively into emerging markets, especially India.
TOP PICK
Likes that it's not going down. EMs are starting to move, and seem to be the only things beyond utility stocks that are doing anything good. EM is one of the few areas where people can look now.
WATCH
India fund. India has a way better potential than China in terms of growth over the next decade or two. The currency is a big risk. You will lose about 5% a year. Look at what India did during the last downturn to get a sense of what it could do in the future. But don’t add here.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 15/17, Up 2%) Emerging markets now are woefully cheap. A catalyst would be a deal with Trump and China or ZID hits a low-enough level which we're close to. ZID is still cheap to its growth rate at 16x earnings. 15.5% growth forecast. A good place to park money and you will win long-term.
COMMENT

He doesn't know this well, but India itself has a massive middle class, but doesn't know their wealth effect on the Indian ecoonmy yet. This ETF is not a bad vehicle, nor is FIH.U-T.

DON'T BUY

Likes emerging markets and this one covers India. Problem is there's social/political/economic upeaval in India as the country aspires to China's level. India is dominated by a few conglomerates, which also worries him. He'd rather buy an emerging markets ETF that will include India anyway, but without the risk.

TOP PICK

It's on-trend. India is not that correlated to North American markets (and he expects a difficult summer here). It's bouncing off its trendline, and India has a healthy long-term trendline.