SPEM tracks 2,983 emerging-market stocks and returns 30% over the past year
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Updated · The Motley Fool · Apr 30
SPEM tracks 2,983 emerging-market stocks and returns 30% over the past year
5 articles · Updated · The Motley Fool · Apr 30
The State Street ETF holds companies from 30 markets, with China, Taiwan and India making up the biggest country weights, and is up 9% so far in 2026.
Technology is its largest sector at 28%, followed by financials, while top holdings include Taiwan Semiconductor, Tencent and Alibaba.
Rising interest in international assets comes as investors shift from expensive US large-cap shares, helped by a weaker dollar, easier policy, infrastructure spending and a widening AI boom.
With U.S. stocks deemed overvalued, are emerging markets a wise diversification or a trap set by global instability?
Will AI adoption truly empower emerging economies, or will it deepen their dependence on global technology giants?
As new trade routes emerge from global crises, which developing nations are poised to become the next economic powerhouses?