# Russian investments in two giant ETFs which you might own **URL:** \ **Category:** Investing\ **Tags:** russia\ **Created:** [July 16, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/russian-investments-in-two-giant-etfs-which-you-might-own/951 "2022-07-16T00:39:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ochotona](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/ochotona/32/293_2.png) [@ochotona](https://community.clark.com/u/ochotona)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/russian-investments-in-two-giant-etfs-which-you-might-own/951/1 "2022-07-16T00:39:17Z")
Vanguard’s VWO Emerging Market ETF holds no Russian stocks. They used to, they divested. Also the Vanguard VEU ETF, which is all non-US stocks (developed and emerging) has no Russia. iShare’s EEM Emerging Market ETF still holds Russian stocks. I’m never buying EEM. Russia is just about like Nazi Germany, but with nukes. What they are doing to Ukraine is just like what the Nazis did to Poland in 1939, but obviously the armaments are more lethal. ![VWO Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/clark/original/1X/fbc8eb9d296e45ed681e0522f3aae6d08a92b93e.png) ---
**Author:** ![branchkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@branchkin](https://community.clark.com/u/branchkin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/russian-investments-in-two-giant-etfs-which-you-might-own/951/4 "2022-07-17T19:52:20Z")
I don’t think there is a good guy in this confrontation. ---
**Author:** ![branchkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@branchkin](https://community.clark.com/u/branchkin)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/russian-investments-in-two-giant-etfs-which-you-might-own/951/7 "2022-07-17T22:44:46Z")
From what little I can find, Ukraine’s leader was quite possibly the most corrupt leader in eastern or western Europe before this thing started. It seems he had a passion for poking the bear. I certainly am no expert, but when you know what kind of evil Putin is, you don’t go out of your way to aggravate him. ---
**Author:** ![H200h](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@H200h](https://community.clark.com/u/H200h)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/russian-investments-in-two-giant-etfs-which-you-might-own/951/9 "2022-07-18T15:18:53Z")
> [@branchkin](#): > > I don’t think there is a good guy in this confrontation. You might find this source enlightening: > **[The Dictator's Playbook | PBS](https://www.pbs.org/show/dictators-playbook/)** > > Explore how dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, seized, held and fell from power. ---
**Author:** ![Henrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@Henrius](https://community.clark.com/u/Henrius)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/russian-investments-in-two-giant-etfs-which-you-might-own/951/10 "2022-10-02T11:35:17Z")
I owned ERUS, buying on dips because I thought Putin was bluffing about the invasion. Has now been delisted and I essentially lost all my money. ---
**Author:** ![H200h](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e79b87/32.png) [@H200h](https://community.clark.com/u/H200h)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/russian-investments-in-two-giant-etfs-which-you-might-own/951/11 "2022-10-02T21:26:40Z")
> [@Henrius](#): > > I owned ERUS, buying on dips because I thought Putin was bluffing about the invasion. So you you didn’t believe your own intel community? > **[U.S. intel accurately predicted Russia’s invasion plans. Did it matter?](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/25/us-intel-predicted-russias-invasion-plans-did-it-matter.html)** > > Russia's invasion has played out largely as the Biden administration said it would back in December, but some say more could've been done with the information. ---
**Author:** ![Henrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@Henrius](https://community.clark.com/u/Henrius)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/russian-investments-in-two-giant-etfs-which-you-might-own/951/12 "2022-10-02T23:18:42Z")
For the longest while Russia had the cheapest stock market in the world, mainly because of the political risk. I can’t resist value stocks, but admit I erred in taking a minor position in that ETF. ---
**Author:** ![Smartpolitics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Smartpolitics](https://community.clark.com/u/Smartpolitics)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/russian-investments-in-two-giant-etfs-which-you-might-own/951/14 "2022-10-03T02:39:42Z")
> [@ratbert2k](#): > > It would be an error to invest in something outside of your risk tolerance and preferred asset allocation. Yes a 1-2% position in ERUS wasn’t foolish. I was frustrated that I couldn’t invest in Russia without investing in China. I own 100 shares of EMXC which is nearly 100% of my IRA but is only 4% of my retirement portfolio. About 6% is in EFA. I’d definitely prefer Chinese sanctions to Russian sanctions especially if China invaded Taiwan ---
**Author:** ![GGSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/ggsd/32/3406_2.png) [@GGSD](https://community.clark.com/u/GGSD)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/russian-investments-in-two-giant-etfs-which-you-might-own/951/15 "2024-09-10T04:43:03Z")
Lol doesn’t believe that Russia is an invading scumbag foe? Ya how disgraceful this take is looking. Jfc.