ISRA - EIS: A Strong Israel Fund

2024-07-15 15:21:59 ET

Summary

• Country ETF investing provides international diversification, especially as the US market is extended.
• iShares MSCI Israel ETF offers exposure to the Israeli equity market, focusing on the Tech and Health Care sectors.
• The EIS ETF holds a concentrated yet diversified basket of Israeli companies, with heavy exposure to the Information Technology and Financials sectors.

I’m a fan of country ETF investing for international diversification, especially in this cycle where the US is so incredibly extended relative to the rest of the world. Israel is one part of the world that, from an investing perspective, I think is unequivocally appealing given the country’s historical leadership in key parts of the Tech and Health Care space. If you agree, you may want to consider the iShares MSCI Israel ETF ( EIS ) which provides a relatively efficient way to gain investing exposure to a broad swath of the Israeli equity market. The fund is designed to capture the performance of the MSCI Israel Capped Investable Market Index. This market-cap-weighted index itself tracks the performance of more than 70 Israeli companies, representing a cross-section of sectors of the economy....

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