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About iShares MSCI Emerging Index Fund
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Inception date
Apr 7, 2003
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
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
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.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Finance
Electronic Technology
Stocks98.89%
Finance26.30%
Electronic Technology19.61%
Technology Services9.87%
Retail Trade6.44%
Non-Energy Minerals4.18%
Energy Minerals4.11%
Producer Manufacturing3.81%
Consumer Non-Durables3.54%
Consumer Durables3.37%
Transportation3.33%
Communications2.87%
Utilities2.85%
Health Technology2.75%
Process Industries2.00%
Consumer Services1.58%
Industrial Services0.78%
Health Services0.61%
Distribution Services0.51%
Commercial Services0.37%
Miscellaneous0.02%
Bonds, Cash & Other1.11%
Cash0.56%
UNIT0.54%
Miscellaneous0.00%
Stock breakdown by region
Asia78.62%
Middle East7.14%
Latin America4.72%
Europe3.92%
Africa2.83%
North America2.75%
Oceania0.02%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history