Chris Kuflik - ScotiaMcLeod Montreal

After a difficult August, many global markets moved higher in September. This surge caught many investors and market watchers by surprise as a great deal of the global economic headwinds remain. A further round of quantitative easing (QE2) by the Fed in the US is being openly discussed and the conclusion of one large hedge fund manager on this topic is that it will be a win-win for investors in equities.

Over the past few years, International Equities have gained much greater attention as a viable means for investment. The opening up of the world from an investment standpoint has come, in large part, because of the ETF product. The Exchange Traded Fund has given investors the ability to easily invest in a basket of international stocks, be it a basket made up of Chinese, Brazilian, Turkish, or even Indian stocks to name a few. With over 1,000 ETFs readily available, which ones should you invest in and more importantly, when is the right time to invest?