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About ISHARES TRUST
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Inception date
Apr 7, 2003
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
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
Stocks98.75%
Finance26.67%
Electronic Technology19.00%
Technology Services9.95%
Retail Trade6.37%
Energy Minerals4.30%
Non-Energy Minerals4.01%
Producer Manufacturing3.68%
Consumer Non-Durables3.59%
Consumer Durables3.34%
Transportation3.31%
Communications2.93%
Utilities2.92%
Health Technology2.75%
Process Industries2.03%
Consumer Services1.56%
Industrial Services0.80%
Health Services0.64%
Distribution Services0.50%
Commercial Services0.36%
Miscellaneous0.03%
Bonds, Cash & Other1.25%
Cash0.69%
UNIT0.55%
Miscellaneous0.01%
Stock breakdown by region
Asia78.27%
Middle East7.45%
Latin America4.81%
Europe3.98%
Africa2.75%
North America2.72%
Oceania0.02%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history