iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

IEMG

Market cap $162B

Global market uncertainty, inflation, and higher-for-longer interest rates should be keeping emerging market (EM) performance bottled up, then saved for another day. However, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is leaving the MSCI World Index in the dust, outperforming it by about 15% year-to-date (YTD).

Asia's smaller companies have delivered stronger returns than the region's large-cap stocks over the past five years, while also offering lower volatility and broader sector exposure, according to HSBC Asset Management. The firm said Asia small-cap stocks outperformed their large-cap counterparts by nearly 3% annualised at the index level over the period.

Exchange traded fund inflows have topped $750 billion in 2026. This puts the industry on pace to challenge the $1.5 trillion annual record set last year, Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi, told host Nate Geraci on this week's ETF Prime.

The country's semiconductor-led market has skyrocketed about 75% this year.

Emerging markets spent most of the last decade as the asset class everyone owned a little of and complained about a lot.

Two members of the U.S. House of ​Representatives on Monday will introduce ‌legislation to toughen a U.S. government ban on Chinese ​automakers from entering ​the American market just before ⁠President Donald Trump heads to China ​for talks.

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF offers broad exposure to thousands of companies across developing nations at a lower expense ratio than the climate-focused State Street fund. State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned ETF utilizes an environmental screen to target net-zero alignment while the iShares fund tracks a traditional market-cap index.

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF provides concentrated exposure to developing economies with higher recent returns but also greater historical drawdowns than iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF offers a lower expense ratio and broader diversification across both developed and emerging markets compared to the more focused iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

CNBC's Dan Murphy delves into the Middle East's investment flows and provide insights on the global energy hub and the vast amounts of capital originating from the region on Access Middle East (12:00 – 13:00 SIN/HK). Please note this livestream is only available in Europe and India.

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