Investing in Latin America ETFs / Latin America ETF Lists (Region Wide)

A list of Latin America ETFs potentially covering the whole region consists of the First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA: FLN) from First Trust tracking the Defined Latin America Index; the Franklin FTSE Latin America ETF (NYSEARCA: FLLA) from Franklin Templeton tracking the FTSE Latin America RIC Capped Index; and the iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index Fund (NYSEARCA: ILF) from iShares tracking the S&P Latin America 40 Index.

In addition, the Direxion Daily Latin America Bull 3x Shares (NYSEARCA: LBJ) tracked the S&P Latin America 40 Index (300%) before liquidating in 2022 while the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Latin America ETF (NASDAQ: EEML) tracked the MSCI Emerging Markets Latin America Index and the SPDR S&P Emerging Latin America ETF (NYSEARCA: GML) tracked the S&P Latin America BMI Index before liquidating in 2017.

The Global X FTSE Andean 40 ETF (NYSEARCA: AND) from Global X also tracked the FTSE Andean 40 Index covering the most liquid Chile, Colombia and Peru stocks (Note: No single country exceeded 50% of the total index). However, that ETF was liquidated on October 6, 2017.

Investors interested in investing in Latin America ETFs should also check out our Caribbean closed-end fund list, Latin America closed-end fund list (region wide), Mexico closed-end fund list and Chile closed-end fund list pages along with our Caribbean ADR lists (including Bahamas ADR list, Bermuda ADR list, Cayman Islands ADR list and Puerto Rico Stock list pages), Central America ADR lists (including Mexico ADR list and Panama ADR list pages) and South America ADR lists (including Argentina ADR list, Bolivia ADR list, Brazil ADR list, Chile ADR list, Colombia ADR list, Ecuador ADR list, Peru ADR list and Venezuela ADR list pages).

Region Wide Latin America ETF List*

ETFTickerMgr / AdvisorAsset ClassInceptionTracking Index
1Direxion Daily Latin America Bull 3x SharesLBJDirexionLeveraged - Bull2009/12/03 - 2022/01/14 LiquidatedS&P Latin America 40 Index (300%)
2First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX Fund FLNFirst TrustEquities - EM2011/04/19Defined Latin America Index
3Franklin FTSE Latin America ETFFLLAFranklin TempletonEquities - EM2018/10/09
FTSE Latin America RIC Capped Index
4Global X FTSE Andean 40 ETFANDGlobal XEquities - EM2011/02/03 - 2017/10/06 LiquidatedFTSE Andean 40 Index
5iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Latin America ETFEEMLiSharesEquities - EM2012/01/18 - 2016/08/23 LiquidatedMSCI Emerging Markets Latin America Index
6iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index Fund ILFiSharesEquities - EM2001/10/25S&P Latin America 40 Index (SPLACNW)
7SPDR S&P Emerging Latin America ETFGMLState Street SPDREquities - EM2007/03/19 - 2017/07/24 LiquidatedS&P Latin America BMI Index

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