Also this is very HELPFUL!! http://www.ishares.com/learn/how_ishares_work/ishares_etfs.jhtml Ishares are ETFs. google "ETF" if you dont know about ETFs. Ishares ETFs are an excellent methid fr anybody who wants to inest in a wide variety of products in different scales of market (small cap, lage cap, mid cap) to different geographic locations. Wanna have some China? Easy, you can find it in the Asian section (China Index). Want some India? - IT'S THERE! Check it out. I'll keep posting this every once in a while. DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A BARCLAYS REPRESENTATIVE OR A SALESMAN. JUST GIVING OUT INFORMATION.