FNDESchwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF
The funds goal is to track as closely as possible the total return of an index that measures the performance of large sized companies in emerging markets.
By Schwab ETFs · Launched 2013
Annual Cost
0.39%
#1,958 of 5,562 · average
Fund Size
$9.6B
#283 of 5,562 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+28.8%
Track Record
12 years
#1,106 of 5,562 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$13,728+37.3%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
Classification
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Emerging marketsCap
Large
Strategy
Index enhanced
Index tracked
RAFI Fundamental High Liquidity Emerging Markets Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 26.5% of fund✓ well diversified
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
4.9%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
3.9%
China Construction Bank Corp
3.0%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
2.9%
Vale SA
2.8%
Tencent Holdings Ltd
2.6%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras
1.8%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras
1.7%
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd
1.4%
Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd
1.3%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.1%
Cash
0.5%
Preferred
0.5%
By sector
Technology
23.3%
Financial Services
22.8%
Energy
13.8%
Basic Materials
13.3%
Consumer Cyclical
8.8%
Communication
6.3%
Industrials
4.6%
Consumer Defensive
3.0%
Other
4.2%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
15.7%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-39.9%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.94Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.37Good downside protection
Where to buy
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- The funds goal is to track as closely as possible the total return of an index that measures the performance of large sized companies in emerging markets.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in stocks included in the RAFI Fundamental High Liquidity Emerging Markets Index, which ranks and weights securities by fundamental measures of company size. The index includes the largest emerging markets companies by fundamental size, with the top 87.5% by cumulative fundamental score. The fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in securities not included in the index and uses sampling techniques to track the index's total return.
- Inception date
- August 15, 2013
- Fund family
- Schwab ETFs
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Data updated on 2026-06-19