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IEMG vs. SPY

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

IEMG
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Top 10 comparisons with IEMG:
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SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SwitchEEMBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF1.00EDCDirexion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3X Shares1.00DFAEDimensional ETF Trust - Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF0.99ESGEiShares Trust - iShare Inc iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF0.99VWOVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF0.99XSOEWisdomTree Trust - WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund0.99SPEMSSgA Active Trust - SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF0.99AVEMAmerican Century ETF Trust - Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF0.99SCHESchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF0.99DFEMDimensional ETF Trust - Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF0.99

Top 10 shared holdings

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Performance Measures**

for the time period Oct 22, 2012 to Apr 2, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

IEMG

-7.8%

0.8%

SPY

-4.2%

-3.7%

Diff.

-3.6%

+4.5%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

IEMG

-38.7%

19.4%

SPY

-33.7%

16.8%

Diff.

-5%

+2.6%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

IEMG

0.36

0.14

SPY

0.86

0.41

Diff.

-0.5

-0.27

IEMGiShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
SPYSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

What is IEMG?

The iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index.

Snapshot
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IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Inception date
Oct 18, 2012
Jan 22, 1993
Expense ratio
0.09%
0.09%
IEMG has a lower expense ratio than SPY by 0%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in IEMG than SPY.
Type
Global Ex. US Equities
US Equities
IEMG targets investing in Global Ex. US Equities, while SPY targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Blackrock (iShares)
State Street (SPDR)
IEMG is managed by Blackrock (iShares), while SPY is managed by State Street (SPDR).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$497,040,322
$33,257,618,740
Both IEMG and SPY are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$70,028,258,238
$400,404,126,565
IEMG has more assets under management than SPY by $330,375,868,327. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index
S&P 500 Index
IEMG is based off of the MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index, while SPY is based off of the S&P 500 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither IEMG nor SPY use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
IEMG and SPY both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
IEMG and SPY may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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SPY may issue a K1, while IEMG does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for SPY in its “Related ETFs” section.

Disclaimers

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