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About iShares MSCI Emerging Index Fund
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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
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
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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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Electronic Technology
Technology Services
Stocks98.87%
Finance25.19%
Electronic Technology20.72%
Technology Services10.60%
Retail Trade7.15%
Energy Minerals4.02%
Non-Energy Minerals3.90%
Producer Manufacturing3.66%
Transportation3.45%
Consumer Durables3.34%
Consumer Non-Durables3.28%
Communications2.65%
Health Technology2.64%
Utilities2.50%
Process Industries1.99%
Consumer Services1.53%
Industrial Services0.75%
Health Services0.56%
Distribution Services0.49%
Commercial Services0.43%
Miscellaneous0.03%
Bonds, Cash & Other1.13%
Cash0.62%
UNIT0.52%
Miscellaneous0.00%
Stock breakdown by region
Asia79.19%
Middle East6.94%
Latin America4.51%
Europe3.96%
Africa2.78%
North America2.60%
Oceania0.02%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history