Accumulated Thailand Equities Today (THD) 2-18-20

Today we accumulated more shares of the iShares MSCI Thailand ETF (THD). This is an odd buy for us because we are going to sell this position in the future. We don’t sell at a loss, ever. So, even though we will eventually close this position, we are sticking to our plan of bringing down the cost basis in positions we own. In the meantime we may collect a dividend or 2 from it. THD is still a good single-country emerging market ETF, but we have determined that we would rather own diversified emerging market funds such as DGS & DEM. You can read why we invest in DGS & DEM right here: Best Long-Term Performance Diversified Emerging Markets ETFs 1.2

 

First Trust Board Approves Reorganization of First Trust Value Line® 100 Exchange-Traded Fund into First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund (FVD)

First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that the Board of Trustees of First Trust Value Line® 100 Exchange-Traded Fund (NYSE Arca: FVL), an index based exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), managed by FTA, approved the reorganization of FVL into First Trust Value Line® Dividend
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