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About ISHARES MSCI CHILE ETF
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Inception date
Nov 12, 2007
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
ECH provides a broad-based exposure to the Chilean market including companies of large, mid and small capitalization from all sectors. The fund complies with the regulated investment companies (RIC) limits under the current US Internal Revenue Code, wherein no single issuer can exceed 25% of the index weight, and all issuers with weights above 5% do not cumulatively exceed 50% of the index weight. ECH uses a representative sampling strategy that holds a portfolio that has similar profile as the underlying index, this index is rebalanced quarterly starting each February.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Retail Trade
Process Industries
Utilities
Stocks99.69%
Finance39.25%
Retail Trade14.33%
Process Industries13.57%
Utilities13.22%
Consumer Non-Durables7.97%
Transportation4.54%
Energy Minerals4.20%
Communications1.37%
Non-Energy Minerals1.24%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.31%
Cash0.31%
Stock breakdown by region
Latin America100.00%
North America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
ECH invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Finance, with 39.25% stocks, and Retail Trade, with 14.33% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the Latin America region.
ECH top holdings are Banco de Chile and Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA Pfd Series B, occupying 13.94% and 9.74% of the portfolio correspondingly.
ECH last dividends amounted to 1.70 MXN. Six months before that, the issuer paid 12.98 MXN in dividends, which shows a 661.60% decrease.
Yes, ECH pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 2.39%. The last dividend (Dec 20, 2024) amounted to 1.70 MXN. The dividends are paid semi-annually.
ECH shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Nov 12, 2007, and its management style is Passive.
ECH expense ratio is 0.60% meaning you'd have to pay 0.60% of your investment to help manage the fund.
ECH follows the MSCI Chile IMI 25-50. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
ECH invests in stocks.
ECH price has risen by 6.85% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 31.58% increase. See more dynamics on ECH price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 12.92% over the last month, showed a 8.16% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 37.62% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 12.92% over the last month, showed a 8.16% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 37.62% in a year.
ECH trades at a premium (0.12%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.