Franklin Templeton’s suite of passive equity ETFs includes single country and regional exposures. Seeking to track market-capitalization weighted indexes developed by FTSE Russell, these ETFs are competitively priced, making them a low-cost tool for investors to implement active views across developed and emerging international markets.
Broad market international indexes are often weighted according to the market cap size of each individual country, which can leave missed opportunities and unintended biases as the performance and risk profiles across countries rotates. In a world reshaped by tariff uncertainty and a shift toward bilateral trade agreements, global portfolio risk has further disaggregated, as shown below. The ability to target individual countries and regions allows investors to customize their international exposure.
Risk measured by Barra Risk Model, which utilizes a factor-based approach, employing various factors to explain the risk and return of a portfolio. Barra Risk Factor Analysis incorporates over 40 data metrics. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Identifying which international exposures to target can be challenging. Explore Franklin Templeton’s investment perspectives for insights.
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All investments involve risks, including possible loss of principal. Equity securities are subject to price fluctuation and possible loss of principal. International investments are subject to special risks, including currency fluctuations and social, economic and political uncertainties, which could increase volatility. There is no guarantee that passive strategies will achieve a high degree of correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment goal. Investments in developing markets involve heightened risks related to the same factors, in addition to those associated with these markets’ smaller size, lesser liquidity and lack of established legal, political, business and social frameworks to support securities markets. The government’s participation in the economy is still high and, therefore, investments in China will be subject to larger regulatory risk levels compared to many other countries. Investments in securities of specific countries and/or regions involve risks that are specific to those countries and/or regions, including certain legal, regulatory, political and economic risks. Because the fund invests its assets primarily in companies in a specific country or region the fund may also experience greater volatility than a fund that is more broadly diversified geographically. A non-diversified fund may invest in a relatively small number of issuers and, as a result, be subject to a greater risk of loss with respect to its portfolio securities. Derivatives, including currency management strategies, involve costs and can create economic leverage in the portfolio which may result in significant volatility and cause the fund to participate in losses on an amount that exceeds the fund’s initial investment. The fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits, and may realize losses when a counterparty fails to perform as promised. These and other risks are discussed in the fund’s prospectus..
ETFs trade like stocks, fluctuate in market value and may trade at prices above or below their net asset value. Brokerage commissions and ETF expenses will reduce returns.ETF shares may be bought or sold throughout the day at their market price, not their Net Asset Value (NAV), on the exchange on which they are listed. Shares of ETFs are tradable on secondary markets and may trade either at a premium or a discount to their NAV on the secondary market.
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