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EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in EEM with dividends reinvested grew to $23,848, 5.93% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -36.52%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.

Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested

CAGR (annualized return)
5.93%
Volatility (annualized)
17.46%
Worst drawdown
-36.52%
Sharpe ratio
0.32

How EEM held up in past market crashes

EEM has been through 3 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 32.0% in the 2022 bear market, when the S&P 500 fell 25.4%. It took 2.9 years from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.

Deepest price fall and recovery time of EEM in each market crash, next to the S&P 500
CrashEEM deepest fallS&P 500 (SPY)Peak to bottomBack to peak
2018 fourth-quarter selloff-12.1%-20.2%Sep 2018 to Oct 20183 months
2020 COVID crash-30.8%-34.1%Feb 2020 to Mar 20204 months
2022 bear market-32.0%-25.4%Jan 2022 to Oct 20222.9 years

Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.

About EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF is an exchange-traded fund that provides broad exposure to large- and mid-cap companies across emerging markets. Its portfolio is designed to closely track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, giving investors diversified access to a wide range of developing economies through a single fund.

Fund description from our market-data provider.

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