iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF
EMB NYSE Arca
The iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, emerging market bonds, accessing the sovereign debt of 30+ emerging market countries in a single fund
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- Fund size
- 15.6B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.40% per year
- Dividend yield
- 5.42% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 5.9% Above Average
- Beta
- 0.30 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 90.1095.11
How EMB has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, EMB returned +6.1% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +5.5 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±6% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −5.2% on Oct 2, 2026 — 95 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 1% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.30 means EMB has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average91.11 −0.0%
- 26-day average91.78 −0.8%
- 50-day average92.50 −1.5%
- 200-day average92.49 −1.5%
The price is above 0 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OversoldRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Emerging Markets · Sovereign Debt — tracking the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index.
- Assets under management15.6BUSD
- Expense ratio0.40%per year
- Holdings493
- Risk score4.6Medium
Launched December 2007. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 54 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 4.93
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Oct 1, 2026
Last 12 months
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About iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF
The iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, emerging market bonds, accessing the sovereign debt of 30+ emerging market countries in a single fund
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 493 holdings
- Ticker
- EMB
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US4642882819
- CUSIP
- 464288281
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Emerging Markets
- Industry
- Sovereign Debt
- Benchmark
- JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.