Global X - MSCI Argentina ETF
$88.67−0.53 (−0.59%)
- 0.59%
- $710M
- +26.3%
- 1.15%
- 0.2M sh
- $88.39
- low $69.60high $103.97
The ETF.net ARGT Grade
C
Score 44 out of 100
- 11 of 22
Score 44 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.C50 out of 100Rank 7 of 22Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.F20 out of 100Rank 19 of 22Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C45 out of 100Rank 14 of 22Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A74 out of 100Rank 6 of 22Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D32 out of 100Rank 17 of 20Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B61 out of 100Rank 10 of 22
Our read on ARGT
CArgentina in one ticker. Global X has run this fund since 2011, packing roughly 25 stocks tied to a market most global portfolios skip, and it trades more smoothly than most single-country peers.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MSCI All Argentina 25/50 Index.
Why people hold it
- About 25 holdings put Argentine equity exposure in a single trade, a market that is awkward to assemble stock by stock from a US brokerage account.
- The 0.59% expense ratio lands exactly at the median for single-country emerging-market funds, level with iShares Poland (EPOL) and iShares South Africa (EZA).
- For a niche one-country fund it changes hands easily: among the smoother trades in its peer group, with a mid-sized asset base behind it.
- Trading since 2011, a long run for a single-country niche product, and it still tracks the MSCI All Argentina 25/50 Index it started with.
Worth knowing
- Roughly 25 holdings means a few names and sectors steer the whole fund. This is a concentrated country bet, not a diversifier.
- Argentine exposure brings currency and policy swings, and the fund sits in the rougher half of its single-country cohort on risk measures.
- It has followed its index less tightly than the strongest trackers in its group, so returns can drift from the benchmark.
ARGT Holdings
- Stocks
- 26
- 69%
- MELI
Sectors
- Consumer Discretionary30.2%
- Energy21.7%
- Financials14.2%
- Materials11.8%
- Utilities9.8%
- Industrials4.2%
- Communication3.4%
- Consumer Staples3.1%
- Real Estate1.6%
Geography
- Argentina46.83%
- Uruguay26.93%
- Mexico7.25%
- Chile5.25%
- Canada3.95%
- United States3.91%
- Luxembourg3.67%
- Switzerland2.21%
Developed 10% · Emerging 90%
ARGT Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
ARGT$12,630
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | ARGT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −2.1% |
| 1 month | −6.5% |
| 3 months | −6.2% |
| 1 year | +26.3% |
| 3 years | +31.5% |
| 5 years | +24.5% |
| 10 years | +15.3% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | ARGT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.1% | |
| 2025 | +11.5% | |
| 2024 | +63.5% | |
| 2023 | +53.7% | |
| 2022 | +11.8% | |
| 2021 | +3.8% | |
| 2020 | +14.6% |
ARGT in the news
ARGT Dividends
- 1.15%
- $1.03
- $0.33 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
ARGT Risk
- 34.8%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.77
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −35.1%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.48
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ARGT Cost
0.59%
ARGT0.59%
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Single Country funds
- Median 0.59%
6 of the 21 Emerging Markets Single Country funds charge less.
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