buyupside.com BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) Portfolio

The buyupside.com BRIC portfolio includes four funds that invest in Brazil, Russia, India and China, the BRIC countries. These country funds have been on the upside in recent years, but they are volatile and may not be appropriate for conservative investors.

buyupside.com BRIC Portfolio
Fund	Stock Symbol	Comment
MSCI Brazil iShares	EWZ	Exchange-Traded Fund
ING Russia Fund	RSX	Exchange-Traded Fund
India Fund	IFN	Closed-End Fund
iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund	FXI	Exchange-Traded Fund

If you had invested $1,000 in each of the four funds at their closing prices on January 3, 2005, your portfolio would be worth $13,941.49, a 248.54 percent increase, at the close on May 16, 2008.

The chart of daily values of the four-fund portfolio shows that it has rebounded from the March 2008 lows and it faces resistance at around $14,000.

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Updated May 18, 2008.