iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

The iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF features a lower expense ratio and higher trailing dividend yield than the State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned ETF. The State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned ETF maintains a global portfolio focused on climate-change mitigation whereas the iShares fund concentrates purely on developing economies.

If you hold iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:EEM), BlackRock skims 0.69% of your account every year before you see a single dividend.

On Thursday, June 11, Schwab Asset Management announced that it cut down the expense ratios on four of its existing indexed ETFs. Each of these funds is a longstanding strategy in Schwab's collection, with a significant asset base and compelling track record.

Investors have poured billions into ETFs this year, but the flow data tells a more nuanced story than simple optimism towards equities. While broad U.S. market funds continue to attract the lion's share of inflows, investors are increasingly allocating capital towards international markets, fixed income, and specialized themes tied to the AI buildout.

The U.S. has added some of the world's largest solar ​and battery manufacturers to a list ‌of companies it believes are aiding China's military.

Asian equities fell on Tuesday as doubts over a Middle East ceasefire weighed on risk appetite, offsetting optimism around artificial intelligence funding and potential listings. MSCI's Asia-Pacific index excluding Japan slipped 0.6% after a volatile open.

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.

On ETF Prime, VettaFi's Todd Rosenbluth breaks down 2026's ETF inflows surge and a looming $1 trillion ETF.

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