iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) Total Returns

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Final Value Total Return CAGR Dividends Yield on Cost
Nominal $11,835.46 18.35% 3.43% $1,017.77 10.18%
Real * $9,576.54 -4.23% -0.86% $883.09 8.83%
* Adjusted to Mar 2021 purchasing power (US CPI-U) Taxes: $203.56 · Transaction costs: $1.63 Reinvested dividends with 20% tax, 0.2% cost per reinvestment.

Rolling 1-Year Returns (252 Trading Days)

Metric Value
Average Rolling Return +3.62%
Median Rolling Return +7.08%
Best Rolling Return +46.83%
Worst Rolling Return -33.56%
% of Windows Positive 65.1%

Risk Metrics

Metric Value
Maximum Drawdown -38.14%
Drawdown Duration 1074 Trading Days
Sortino Ratio 0.40
Calmar Ratio 0.13
CVaR (5%) -2.49%

Yearly Returns

Year Return Abs. Return Dividends Taxes Trans. Costs
2026 partial +5.21% (+27.24% ann.) +$520.93 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
2025 +33.34% +$3333.79 $291.93 $58.39 $0.47
2024 +5.99% +$599.22 $253.92 $50.78 $0.40
2023 +8.40% +$840.30 $280.40 $56.08 $0.45
2022 -20.93% $2093.25 $194.48 $38.90 $0.31
2021 -3.99% $398.71 $189.05 $37.81 $0.30
2020 +16.65% +$1665.32 $167.47 $33.49 $0.27
2019 +17.53% +$1752.55 $318.90 $63.78 $0.51
2018 -15.68% $1567.53 $186.14 $37.23 $0.30
2017 +36.74% +$3673.68 $254.67 $50.93 $0.41
2016 +10.44% +$1044.43 $206.42 $41.28 $0.33
2015 -16.56% $1656.48 $204.88 $40.97 $0.33
2014 -4.35% $435.06 $210.38 $42.08 $0.34
2013 -4.11% $410.69 $194.53 $38.91 $0.31
2012 +18.65% +$1865.23 $196.84 $39.37 $0.31
2011 -19.13% $1912.91 $170.19 $34.04 $0.27
2010 +16.16% +$1616.10 $156.19 $31.24 $0.25
2009 +68.38% +$6837.95 $233.98 $46.80 $0.38
2008 -49.14% $4914.27 $171.73 $34.35 $0.27
2007 +32.97% +$3297.17 $170.53 $34.11 $0.27
2006 +30.83% +$3082.50 $178.24 $35.65 $0.28
2005 +32.32% +$3232.37 $146.84 $29.37 $0.24
2004 +24.33% +$2432.55 $147.20 $29.44 $0.23
2003 partial +62.97% (+98.08% ann.) +$6297.31 $80.63 $16.12 $0.13

Market Regime Returns

Regime Period Return Ann. Return Abs. Return Dividends Taxes Trans. Costs
China-WTO / housing-credit / commodity boom partial 2003-04-14 – 2007-10-09 +384.86% +42.16% +$38485.81 $1095.94 $219.19 $1.75
GFC / deleveraging / dollar shortage 2007-10-10 – 2009-03-09 -59.52% -47.28% $5951.75 $288.18 $57.64 $0.46
Policy-led rebound / euro-sovereign-crisis overlay 2009-03-10 – 2012-07-25 +76.71% +18.37% +$7671.42 $1144.10 $228.82 $1.84
Secular stagnation / QE / low inflation / duration bull 2012-07-26 – 2020-02-19 +30.88% +3.62% +$3088.38 $1791.39 $358.28 $2.86
Pandemic shock / liquidity crash 2020-02-20 – 2020-03-23 -29.70% -98.21% $2969.68 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Policy bazooka / monetary euphoria 2020-03-24 – 2020-11-06 +46.32% +84.49% +$4632.05 $69.89 $13.98 $0.11
Reopening reflation / fiscal boom / supply bottlenecks 2020-11-09 – 2021-11-29 +2.50% +2.37% +$250.03 $157.89 $31.58 $0.25
Inflation shock / duration crash / aggressive tightening 2021-11-30 – 2022-11-09 -25.20% -26.53% $2519.67 $225.16 $45.03 $0.36
Disinflation rebound / AI-led narrow bull / higher-for-longer 2022-11-10 – 2024-09-17 +20.41% +10.54% +$2041.20 $527.44 $105.49 $0.84
Disinflationary easing / resilient growth / AI capex under oil-shock test partial 2024-09-18 – 2026-03-18 +38.70% +24.46% +$3869.69 $458.21 $91.64 $0.73

Dividend History

Date Per Share Yield % Total Yield Tax Trans. Cost Shares Bought
2021-06-10 $0.2410 0.44% $45.11 $9.02 $0.07 0.6492
2021-12-13 $0.7070 1.41% $132.81 $26.56 $0.21 2.1822
2021-12-30 $0.0260 0.05% $4.94 $0.99 $0.0081 0.0804
2022-06-09 $0.3620 0.84% $68.82 $13.76 $0.11 1.3211
2022-12-13 $0.5840 1.50% $111.79 $22.36 $0.18 2.3129
2023-06-07 $0.3100 0.78% $60.06 $12.01 $0.10 1.2171
2023-12-20 $0.7480 1.86% $145.83 $29.17 $0.23 2.9977
2024-06-11 $0.2900 0.69% $57.41 $11.48 $0.09 1.0949
2024-12-17 $0.7270 1.66% $144.71 $28.94 $0.23 2.6894
2025-06-16 $0.4520 0.96% $91.19 $18.24 $0.15 1.5415
2025-12-16 $0.7630 1.41% $155.10 $31.02 $0.25 2.3374
Total 11 payments $1017.77 $203.56 $1.63 18.4238
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