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IVV vs. IEMG

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

IVV
$
Today’s Change
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vs

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

IEMG
$
Today’s Change
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Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period May 19, 2000 to Dec 16, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

IVV

2.0%

3.2%

IEMG

-1.2%

0.9%

Diff.

+3.2%

+2.3%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

IVV

-55.3%

24.5%

IEMG

-38.7%

19.3%

Diff.

-16.6%

+5.2%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

IVV

0.44

0.15

IEMG

0.34

0.13

Diff.

+0.1

+0.02

IVViShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IEMGiShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

What is IVV?

The iShares S&P 500 Index Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance before fees and expenses of U.S. large-cap stocks as represented by the Standard & Poors 500 Index.

Snapshot
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IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Inception date
May 15, 2000
Oct 18, 2012
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.09%
IVV has a lower expense ratio than IEMG by 0.06%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in IVV than IEMG.
Type
US Equities
Global Ex. US Equities
IVV targets investing in US Equities, while IEMG targets investing in Global Ex. US Equities.
Fund owner
Blackrock (iShares)
Blackrock (iShares)
IVV is managed by Blackrock (iShares), while IEMG is managed by Blackrock (iShares).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$1,773,176,007
$497,040,322
Both IVV and IEMG 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
$342,279,931,285
$70,028,258,238
IVV has more assets under management than IEMG by $272,251,673,047. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
S&P 500 Index
MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index
IVV is based off of the S&P 500 Index, while IEMG is based off of the MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither IVV nor IEMG use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
IVV and IEMG 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
IVV and IEMG may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither IVV nor IEMG require a K1.

Trading Strategies
Related toIVV

Bastardized Pareto's Portfolio

Category

Tactical allocation, risk-on/off, momentum, mean reversion, leveraged ETFs, vol hedge, commodities, bonds, EM

OOS Cumulative Return

79.43%

Trading Strategies
Related toIEMG

Vox's Cockroach Portfolio - Short BT/Live Run

Category

Tactical multi-asset, trend-following, mean-reversion, volatility hedging, leveraged ETFs, commodities, bonds, income

OOS Cumulative Return

26.63%

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Disclaimers

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