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Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF

FRDM

Market cap $3.52B

70.09 USD

+1.56

2.28%

At close Updated Sep 17, 4:00 PM EDT

1 day

2.28%

5 days

-1.52%

1 month

1.51%

3 months

-4.33%

6 months

22.92%

Year to date

33.23%

1 year

58.07%

5 years

106.88%

10 years

181.71%

News

Positive

Neutral

Negative

Sentiment 3-Months

Positive 66.7%

Neutral 0%

Negative 33.3%

Zacks Investment Research

South Korea ETFs: A Short-Term Pullback, a Long-Term Opportunity

South Korea ETFs are pulling back, but robust exports and rising AI spending could create a compelling long-term buying opportunity.

South Korea ETFs: A Short-Term Pullback, a Long-Term Opportunity

FRDM: All You Need To Know About This Niche EM ETF

The Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF targets EM equities with high civil, political, and economic freedom scores, avoiding autocracies and state-owned enterprises. FRDM's portfolio is tech-heavy, with 55% concentrated in South Korea and Taiwan, and the top 10 holdings comprising 57% of assets. FRDM offers a 0.49% expense ratio, quarterly distributions, and trades at a 25-30% valuation discount to global markets, but exhibits high volatility and tracking error.

FRDM: All You Need To Know About This Niche EM ETF

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3 iShares ETFs Crushing the S&P 500 by 30 Points in 2026

Three funds dominate the emerging markets ex-China conversation right now, and each one has put meaningful daylight between itself and the S&P 500 so far this year.

3 iShares ETFs Crushing the S&P 500 by 30 Points in 2026

The Ex-China Files: ETFs to Watch Amid Trump's High-Stakes Visit

Investing in emerging markets (EM) used to be synonymous with getting exposure to China. It's an ideal notion, given that it's the second largest economy and thus commands a heavy weight in standard EM benchmarks.

The Ex-China Files: ETFs to Watch Amid Trump's High-Stakes Visit

FRDM Is A Strategy On EMs That Almost Doubles The Return

Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF (FRDM) employs a semi-quantitative, freedom-weighted selection strategy, resulting in a concentrated active portfolio with 79% active share versus MSCI EM. FRDM has outperformed top passive EM ETFs by at least 1.64x, driven by high exposure to semiconductors and exclusion of China and state-owned enterprises. The ETF's largest holdings are semiconductor stocks, creating both significant upside from sector momentum and heightened risk if the memory supercycle reverses.

FRDM Is A Strategy On EMs That Almost Doubles The Return

FRDM: Are Emerging Market Equities Driving The U.S. Market?

The Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF leverages 'freedom-weighting' to select and allocate equities from 24 emerging market countries. FRDM excludes state-owned enterprises (over 20% state ownership) and prioritizes personal and economic freedom metrics in its portfolio construction. With $2.97 billion AUM and a 0.49% expense ratio, FRDM has outperformed the market since inception, even during recent U.S. market stagnation.

FRDM: Are Emerging Market Equities Driving The U.S. Market?

Emerging Market ETFs: Human Focus Outperforms

Emerging market ETFs are back in focus. Two of the ten largest U.S.-listed ETF inflow winners year-to-date are broad EM funds.

Emerging Market ETFs: Human Focus Outperforms

The Motley Fool

BlackRock & State Street Rejected Her ETF. It Just Returned 5X Its Category Average.

The Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF's return of 99% over the past five years is 5 times that of the iShares Emerging Markets ETF. Its strategy of excluding countries and companies with high exposure to personal, political, and economic risks gives it a high-quality tilt.

BlackRock & State Street Rejected Her ETF. It Just Returned 5X Its Category Average.

Emerging Markets: The Next Phase In Market-Broadening

At the same time developed markets have been generating policy and macro noise, emerging markets have been quietly outperforming. The inextricable relationship between the direction of U.S. monetary policy and emerging market risk assets remains powerful, but this time the rally is not just about the Fed.

Emerging Markets: The Next Phase In Market-Broadening

How emerging-markets stocks can keep trouncing the S&P 500

Emerging-market stocks have broadly crushed the U.S. equities market this year, in one of the biggest market surprises of 2025.

How emerging-markets stocks can keep trouncing the S&P 500

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