{"id":28408,"date":"2012-03-20T10:36:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T14:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/2012\/03\/20\/one-easy-way-to-invest-in-samsung-ssnlf-aapl-ewy\/"},"modified":"2012-03-20T10:36:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T14:36:05","slug":"one-easy-way-to-invest-in-samsung-ssnlf-aapl-ewy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2012\/03\/20\/one-easy-way-to-invest-in-samsung-ssnlf-aapl-ewy\/","title":{"rendered":"One Easy Way to Invest in Samsung (SSNLF, AAPL, EWY)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\ntweetmeme_style = 'compact';\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28325 \" title=\"One Easy Way to Invest in Samsung (SSNLF, AAPL, EWY)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.investmentu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/invest-in-samsung.jpg\" alt=\"One Easy Way to Invest in Samsung (SSNLF, AAPL, EWY)\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Samsung\u2019s smartphone market share in China is more than triple Apple\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The iPhone may be the number one selling smartphone around the world.<\/p>\n<p>But in China, there\u2019s a different story afoot.<\/p>\n<p>As <em>Bloomberg<\/em> reported earlier this week, <strong>Samsung\u2019s<\/strong> (OTC: <a href=\"http:\/\/quote.morningstar.com\/Stock\/s.aspx?t=SSNLF\" target=\"_blank\">SSNLF.PK<\/a>) smartphone market share in China is more than triple <strong>Apple\u2019s<\/strong> (Nasdaq: <a href=\"http:\/\/quote.morningstar.com\/Stock\/s.aspx?t=AAPL\" target=\"_blank\">AAPL<\/a>) share&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>China\u2019s Smartphone Market<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Today, China leads the world in terms of mobile phone subscriptions. It hit the one-billion mark on March 3:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28324  alignnone\" title=\"china-mobile-phone-subscriptions\" src=\"http:\/\/www.investmentu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/china-mobile-phone-subscriptions.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Source: The Economist)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Of these mobile users, analysts say 137 million will own smartphones by the end of this year. That\u2019s a 52% jump from last year.<\/p>\n<p>As <em>BGR<\/em> states, this means for the first time ever, China will overtake the United States as the world\u2019s largest smartphone market this year.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, Samsung controls 24.3% of China\u2019s smartphone market. Apple only claims 7.5%. And with the late launch of Apple\u2019s iPhone in January, Gartner expects <a title=\"Apple vs. Google: Who Will  Win the Battle of the Smartphones?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.investmentu.com\/2010\/September\/apple-vs-google-smartphone-battle.html\">Apple\u2019s market presence<\/a> to dip even further in China.<\/p>\n<p>This is all good news for Samsung.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, its stock has popped over 80%, thanks in part to its enormous success in China. Samsung also reported record profits in the fourth quarter of 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Shares could easily enjoy a nice run-up this year, too, as smartphone sales continue surging in China and all over the world. Samsung predicts 30% growth worldwide for smartphone sales overall.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not all.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Supplying Apple<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Samsung is the world\u2019s leading maker of flat panels, flat-screen televisions and memory chips.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being in <a title=\"Apple\u2019s Dispute With Samsung Heats Up\" href=\"http:\/\/www.investmentu.com\/2011\/April\/apples-dispute-with-samsung-heats-up.html\">direct competition<\/a>, Samsung will supply Apple with flat panel touch-screens for its newest iPad.<\/p>\n<p>The new iPad displays, according to <em>Bloomberg<\/em>, have four times as many pixels as the previous version and could cost Apple twice as much to buy.<\/p>\n<p>The company also already supplies mobile processors to power Apple\u2019s iPads and iPhones. And it\u2019s certainly going to enjoy taking even more money away from Apple.<\/p>\n<p>So I guess, just go pick up some shares, right?<\/p>\n<p>The trouble, at least for most investors, is Samsung only trades on the Korea Exchange and pink sheets. And its pink sheet counterpart is wildly expensive with very little volume at all.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s worse, while Apple gets all the attention for its shares recently touching $600, as <a title=\"$600 Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Stock?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.investmentu.com\/2011\/December\/600-dollar-apple-nasdaq-aapl-stock.html\">was called by our very own Steve McDonald<\/a> in December, Samsung\u2019s shares already trade for nearly $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there\u2019s one way you could enjoy Samsung\u2019s smartphone success, not have to shell out $1,000 per share, and also not have to trade a single share outside of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s called the <strong>iShares MSCI South Korea Index<\/strong> (NYSE: <a href=\"http:\/\/quote.morningstar.com\/Stock\/s.aspx?t=EWY\" target=\"_blank\">EWY<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u201cThe Samsung ETF\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The MSCI South Korea Index is a non-diversified fund designed to track the largest and most well known companies trading in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Among the funds top 10 holdings include:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. \u2013 21.54%<\/li>\n<li>Hyundai Motor Co. \u2013 5.41%<\/li>\n<li>POSCO \u2013 4.06%<\/li>\n<li>Hyundai Mobis \u2013 3.11%<\/li>\n<li>Shinhan Financial Group Ltd. \u2013 3.00%<\/li>\n<li>LG Chem Ltd. \u2013 2.73%<\/li>\n<li>KIA Motors Corporation \u2013 2.72%<\/li>\n<li>KB Financial Group Inc. \u2013 2.47%<\/li>\n<li>Hynix Semiconductor Inc. \u2013 2.40%<\/li>\n<li>Samsung Electronics \u2013 Preferred Stock \u2013 2.38%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Total<\/strong>: 49.83% of fund<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, you can see Samsung dominates this index, accounting for almost a quarter of the fund&#8217;s assets.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, this is a big reason why the fund has steadily climbed 28% since October. Right now shares are trading just around $60. And as long as Samsung\u2019s shares tick higher, this fund should steadily increase, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Good Investing,<\/p>\n<p>Michael Kapsch<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/InvestmentU?a=XtABv1jRyfk:zHVkFn2Lc-8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/InvestmentU?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/InvestmentU?a=XtABv1jRyfk:zHVkFn2Lc-8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/InvestmentU?i=XtABv1jRyfk:zHVkFn2Lc-8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/InvestmentU?a=XtABv1jRyfk:zHVkFn2Lc-8:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/InvestmentU?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/InvestmentU?a=XtABv1jRyfk:zHVkFn2Lc-8:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/InvestmentU?i=XtABv1jRyfk:zHVkFn2Lc-8:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/InvestmentU?a=XtABv1jRyfk:zHVkFn2Lc-8:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/InvestmentU?i=XtABv1jRyfk:zHVkFn2Lc-8:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/InvestmentU\/~4\/XtABv1jRyfk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Article by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investmentu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Investment U<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung\u2019s smartphone market share in China is more than triple Apple\u2019s. 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