New Usa-listed Thailand Fund (etf)

[Firefan]

THD is a new ETF for the "MSCI investable Thai stock market"(I expect it to behave like the SET 50 when looking at holdings) with an expense ratio of 0.68% and can be bought through any broker/bank with access to US markets for 1 stock commission (as ETFs trade like stocks).

The previous alternatives being CEFs (closed end funds), TTF and TF had very high expense ratios and the challenge of selling at premiums/discounts which makes for a very different animal.

Here is the info: http://www.ishares.com/product_info/fund/overview/THD.htm

Cheers!

[wasabi]

Thanks I own TTF, which has been a laggard. I'll look into THD.

[Firefan]

You are welcome!

Note that every time a decent ETF comes out that covers a niche that closed-end-funds had before (like Thailand) the discount generally increase (as investors switch to the ETF from the CEF). So if you are currently holding TTF (currently around 10% discount) it might be wise to switch sooner rather than later.

Cheers!