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About ISHARES INC MSCI SOUTH KOREA ETF
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Inception date
May 9, 2000
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
EWY provides unbiased exposure to the Korean equity market with significant exposure to Samsung. The fund tracks an index that ignores most small- and micro-cap stocks. To ensure diversification, the index applies certain investment limits with no single issuer exceeding 25% of the Underlying Index weight, and all issuers with a weight above 5% not cumulatively exceeding 50%. These limits are imposed on regulated investment companies (RICs) under the current US Internal Revenue Code. The index is rebalanced quarterly to coincide with the reporting requirements of RIC-compliant funds.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Electronic Technology
Finance
Producer Manufacturing
Stocks99.20%
Electronic Technology36.42%
Finance15.28%
Producer Manufacturing13.20%
Consumer Durables7.92%
Health Technology7.53%
Technology Services5.87%
Process Industries2.44%
Consumer Non-Durables2.35%
Non-Energy Minerals2.20%
Transportation1.66%
Industrial Services1.10%
Energy Minerals0.93%
Utilities0.71%
Communications0.67%
Commercial Services0.65%
Consumer Services0.25%
Retail Trade0.00%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.80%
Cash0.78%
Rights & Warrants0.02%
Stock breakdown by region
Asia100.00%
North America0.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history