ETFs Африки

• AFK - Market Vectors Africa Index ETF

AFK follows the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index, which focuses on companies that are located in Africa, are listed on the African Stock Exchange, or conduct 50% of their business in the region. Along with equities, AFK also uses derivatives such as forwards, futures, swaps and option that help track the correlating index.

Some of the top holdings in the fund are Nigerean Breweries, Tullow Oil, Attijariwafa Bank and Orascom Construction.

• EZA - iShares MSCI South Africa Index

EZA targets the South Africa by tracking the MSCI South Africa Index, which targets publicly traded securities in the South African equity market. Some of the top holdings include MTN Group, Sasol LTD and Naspers LTD. Some of the top sectors represented in the fund are Financials, Materials, Telecommunications and Consumer Discretionary.

• GAF - SPDR S&P Emerging Middle East & Africa

GAF targets both Africa and the Middle East by correlating with the S&P Mid-East and Africa BMI Index (STBMMEU). It includes some of the same top holdings as EZA, but also includes Anglogold, Impala Platinum and Firstand. Some of the top sectors represented in the SPDR are Financials, Materials, Telecommunications and Consumer Discretionary.

• SZR - WisdomTree Dreyfus South African Rand

SZR is a foreign currency ETF that tracks the Rand as compared to the US dollar. Some of the holdings will include some securities in order to emulate the current currency and money-market rates in that region.