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About ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS ETF
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Inception date
Apr 7, 2003
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Distributes
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Tax on distributions
Qualified dividends
EEM one of the early entrants to provide exposure to large- and midcap emerging market equities. The fund matches the market well. In fact, it uses a similar, albeit narrower version of our MSCI benchmark. The main difference is that the fund does not go as far down the market-cap spectrum as our benchmark, ignoring many small-cap and all micro-cap firms. Still, the coverage of the space is excellent. Since it follows an MSCI index, EEM counts South Korea as emerging, while FTSE-based rival VWO does not.
Classification
Returns
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| Price performance | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NAV total return | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Electronic Technology
Stocks98.97%
Finance24.71%
Electronic Technology22.53%
Technology Services9.85%
Retail Trade5.68%
Energy Minerals4.40%
Non-Energy Minerals3.84%
Producer Manufacturing3.66%
Consumer Durables3.40%
Consumer Non-Durables3.36%
Transportation3.30%
Communications2.72%
Utilities2.70%
Health Technology2.69%
Process Industries2.14%
Consumer Services1.55%
Industrial Services0.85%
Health Services0.69%
Distribution Services0.52%
Commercial Services0.36%
Miscellaneous0.03%
Bonds, Cash & Other1.03%
Cash0.55%
UNIT0.49%
Miscellaneous0.00%
Stock breakdown by region
Asia78.51%
Middle East7.28%
North America4.45%
Latin America4.28%
Africa2.97%
Europe2.51%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history