Easy way to invest in Pakistani stock market (For those outside Pakistan)

[Liaqat Hussain]

For anyone encouraged by PSX performance, there is an ETF that directly targets the Pakistani stock market. It is PAK by Global-X. If you have an E*Trade account, you can buy and sell the ETF without paying commission.
More Info:
https://www.globalxfunds.com/funds/pak/
http://etf.com/PAK
http://etfdb.com/etf/PAK/
If you don't know what an ETF is:http://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/etf.asp
Disclosure: I'm long on PAK

 

[Anonymous Paki]

Which companies in Pak would you say would yield decent returns

 

[Liaqat Hussain]

Which companies in Pak would you say would yield decent returns

Big giants, such as Nishat, MCB, Hbl, Sitara, Engro, cement, Ittehad chemical

 

[زبان دراز]

[FONT=&quot]Please, don't invest in the stock market.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]There is evidence of manipulation by a few players, as seen here: https://scholar.google.com/citation...J&citation_for_view=1_W1qE4AAAAJ:HE397vMXCloC[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Pump-and-dump schemes and insider trading are rife. Companies have flimsy reporting standards that make it difficult to determine investment viability. All this makes Pakistani equities a very unreliable asset class. You will be burned in ways you can't even imagine.[/FONT]

 

[Shakir Jatoi]

if I open an e-trade account, is there any particular type of account I have to open?

 

[badmaash kantutta]

Try investing in Panama Shariff family stocks, 12000 Dhirams will yield millions in short term. :alhamd:[hilar]

Which companies in Pak would you say would yield decent returns