iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF
LEMB NYSE Arca
The iShares J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of local currency denominated, emerging market sovereign bonds
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- Fund size
- 455M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.30% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.00% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 6.6% Above Average
- Beta
- 0.19 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 40.2343.45
How LEMB has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 14Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, LEMB returned +5.1% with dividends reinvested — dividends added 0.0 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 ±7% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −6.0% on Mar 30, 2026 — 33 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 3% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.19 means LEMB 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 average42.35 −0.1%
- 26-day average42.48 −0.4%
- 50-day average42.58 −0.6%
- 200-day average41.95 +0.8%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI 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 · Local Currency Debt — tracking the J.P. Morgan GBI-EM Global Diversified 15% Cap 4.5% Floor Index.
- Assets under management455MUSD
- Expense ratio0.30%per year
- Holdings243
- Risk score3.3Low
Launched October 2011. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
Where LEMB shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold LEMB. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF
The iShares J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of local currency denominated, emerging market sovereign bonds
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 243 holdings
- Ticker
- LEMB
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US4642865178
- CUSIP
- 464286517
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Emerging Markets
- Industry
- Local Currency Debt
- Benchmark
- J.P. Morgan GBI-EM Global Diversified 15% Cap 4.5% Floor Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 14, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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