South Korea ETFs

Construction of a South Korea focused fund is no easy task considering the dominating importance of the Samsung conglomerate which accounts for more than 20% of total market value for Samsung Electronics (ticker – 005930) – not including listed subsidiaries such as Samsung Heavy Industries (ticker – 010140), Samsung Engineering (ticker – 028050) and Samsung C&T (ticker – 028260) or Samsung Life Insurance (ticker - 032830) and others….

With iShares MSCI South Korea ETF managing close to a 100% of the funds US investors allocate to the South Korean market, the weighting of Samsung Electronics  dominates at 22.3% vs approx. 17% for  

Leveraged ETF Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3X ETF  is not included in the selection, considering the fund's extreme performance/volatility profile

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF  is the benchmark of this selection

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