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About ISHARES TRUST
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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
Stocks98.81%
Finance24.79%
Electronic Technology21.74%
Technology Services10.32%
Retail Trade6.06%
Energy Minerals4.32%
Non-Energy Minerals3.85%
Producer Manufacturing3.61%
Consumer Durables3.43%
Consumer Non-Durables3.34%
Transportation3.23%
Communications2.69%
Health Technology2.69%
Utilities2.63%
Process Industries2.08%
Consumer Services1.57%
Industrial Services0.83%
Health Services0.69%
Distribution Services0.51%
Commercial Services0.39%
Miscellaneous0.03%
Bonds, Cash & Other1.19%
Cash0.67%
UNIT0.52%
Miscellaneous0.00%
Stock breakdown by region
Asia78.07%
Middle East7.22%
North America4.65%
Latin America4.45%
Africa3.10%
Europe2.50%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history