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IEMGiShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Grow my money13y track recordRanked #51 of 3,051 in this goal

Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index.

By iShares · Launched 2012

Annual Cost

0.09%

#349 of 6,035 · low cost

Fund Size

$160.9B

#19 of 6,035 · large

Return (1Y)

+26.8%

Track Record

13 years

#1,034 of 6,035 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,979+19.8%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 31.8% of funddiversified

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
11.4%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
5.3%
BlackRock Funds III: BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional; SL Agency Shares
3.7%
Tencent Holdings Limited
3.1%
SK hynix Inc.
3.0%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
2.3%
HDFC BANK LIMITED
0.8%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION
0.7%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
0.7%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED
0.7%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.4%
Cash
0.5%
Preferred
0.0%

By sector

Technology
40.1%
Financial Services
18.3%
Consumer Cyclical
8.4%
Industrials
7.7%
Basic Materials
6.6%
Communication
5.7%
Healthcare
3.6%
Energy
3.4%
Other
6.3%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
24.3%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-38.6%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.91Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.32Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index.
Strategy
Invests primarily in large-, mid-, and small-capitalization emerging market equities to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index. Uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund, aiming for lower costs and better after-tax performance.
Inception date
October 18, 2012
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-09-17