Opinion on  Emerging Markets Telecommunications Fund Inc (ETF)
A Foreign Telco Services Income Index

Click on the accompanying image for a full-screen view of the 64 stocks eligible for inclusion in my Foreign Telecom Services Income Index, which includes ex-US/Canada telcos over $1 billion (USD) market caps with trailing 12-month dividend yields over 2%. The trailing 12-month results for this index compare favorably to the overall US market and telecom fund peer group with an equal-weighted total return of +0.6% (5.5% dividend yield and -4.9% stock price change) and market cap-weighted total return of 5.3% (4.8% dividend yield and 0.5% stock price change). The telecom fund peer group consists of the Emerging Market Telecom Fund (ETF), iShares Dow Jones US Telecom (IYZ), and iShares S&P Global Telecom (IXP), which all fared worse with lower dividend yields compared to my Foreign Telco Services Income Index. The Foreign Telco Services Income Index also has a higher dividend yield than my Global Tobacco Income Index of 23 companies with an average yield of 4% (equally weighted) and 4.4% (market cap weighted).