"I love when a stock that I own soars in value because of a takeover -- though such situations only occur rarely for individual investors," notes Doug Fabian.

The fund expert and editor of Making Money Alert adds, "Now, I have found one way to increase your odds of benefiting from mergers and acquisitions: the IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF (MNA).

"IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF offers an alternative to a hedge fund that aims to provide investors with exposure to the disparities caused in the share prices of companies involved in M&A activity.

"The Indonesian equity market ranked as one of the best-performing markets in the world through the first half of 2010," says exchange-traded fund specialist Doug Fabian.

The editor of Making Money Alert explains, "The Van Eck Market Vectors Indonesia ETF (IDX) jumped 13.55% over that period. And even though IDX has been a solid performer so far this year, it appears to have more room to run.

"The Indonesian market is advancing further so far in the second half of the year. As a result, IDX certainly has my attention.

"Population growth will likely spur increased demand commodities," says ETF expert Doug Fabian. In Making Money Alert he looks at PowerShares DB Commodity (NYSE: DBC).

"World population growth trends suggest massive numbers of new global citizens on the way -- citizens that are going to require essentials such as food, clothing and shelter.

"For investors who want to ride this population wave, I offer you the PowerShares DB Commodity Index, an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity index.