Investing in Russia ETFs / Russia ETF List
A list of Russia ETFs consists of the Direxion Daily Russia Bear 3x Shares (NYSEARCA: RUSS) and Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3x Shares (NYSEARCA: RUSL) from Direxion which track the DAXglobal Russia Index (-300%) and DAXglobal Russia Index (300%), respectively; the iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund (NYSEARCA: ERUS) from iShares which tracks the MSCI Russia 25/50 Index; the Market Vector Russia ETF (NYSEARCA: RSX) and Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA: RSXJ) from Van Eck which track the Market Vectors Russia Index and the Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap Index, respectively; and the SPDR S&P Russia ETF (NYSEARCA: RBL) from State Street SPDR which tracks the S&P Russia Capped BMI Index. In addition, investors interested in investing in Russia ETFs should check out our Russia ADR list (Note: There are still several Russia ADRs trading on the NYSE or the NASDAQ) and Russia closed-end fund list pages along with our Eastern Europe closed-end fund list and Eastern Europe ETF list (region wide) pages for closed-end funds or ETFs with exposure to all of Eastern Europe.
Russia ETF List*
ETF | Ticker | Mgr / Advisor | Asset Class | Inception | Tracking Index | |
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1 | Direxion Daily Russia Bear 3x Shares | RUSS | Direxion | Leveraged - Short | 2011/05/25 | DAXglobal Russia Index (-300%) |
2 | Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3x Shares | RUSL | Direxion | Leveraged - Bull | 2011/05/25 | DAXglobal Russia Index (300%) |
3 | iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund | ERUS | iShares | Equities - EM | 2010/11/10 | MSCI Russia 25/50 Index |
4 | Market Vectors Russia ETF | RSX | Van Eck | Equities - EM | 2007/04/24 | Market Vectors Russia Index |
5 | Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF | RSXJ | Van Eck | Equities - Small Cap | 2011/04/14 | Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap Index |
6 | SPDR S&P Russia ETF | RBL | State Street SPDR | Equities - EM | 2010/03/10 | S&P Russia Capped BMI Index |
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Russia ETF Investing Resources
Russia ETF investors should check out these useful and mostly English news resources for investing in Russian stocks or about the country in general:
- Business New Europe
- Committee for Russian Economic Freedom
- PRAVDA
- RusBase.com (Russian Startups Going Global)
- Russia!
- Russia Beyond The Headlines
- Russia Insider
- Sputnik International (Russia Edition)
- The Moscow Times
- The St. Petersburg Times
- The Voice of Russia
Note: If you have a good blog or other useful resource for investing in Russia about Russia stocks in general, please let us know as we would be happy to do a link exchange.
For additional resources for investing in emerging market ETFs or in Russia, check out all of our ETF category or Russia category articles/links or subscribe to an RSS feed of articles mentioning Russia here and ETFs here.
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