For investors following the buzz and excitement in BRIC countries--Brazil, Russia, India and China, the following Funds and ETFs are ways to play the emerging markets:

MSCI BRIC Index: The MSCI BRIC Index is designed to provide an objective representation of the overall performance of these four emerging markets, and may be licensed for benchmarking, research, and product development purposes. Brazil, Russia, China and India are of particular combined interest to investment professionals because of their economic profiles and possible long-term growth prospects.

Claymore Investments BRIC ETF, Toronto Stock Exchange: CBQ and (AMEX: EEB)

Templeton BRIC Fund (NASDAQ: TABRX) - investing at least 80% of its net assets in securities of "BRIC companies"—those companies that are organized under the laws of, have a principal office in, or have its principal trading market in Brazil, Russia, India or China (including the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan); or derive a significant share of their total revenue or profit from, or have a significant portion of their assets in, BRIC countries

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM)

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (FXI)

Central Europe & Russia Fund Inc. (CEE)

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (NYSE: IIF)