Emerging markets stocks are carrying last year's momentum into 2026, and the Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF is benefiting.

EEM is up over the past 12 months, then dropped 8.41% in a single week ending March 6, 2026. That kind of whipsaw is not a glitch in the fund — it is exactly how emerging market exposure behaves when macro sentiment shifts.

Emerging markets have surged recently, returning 14.83% year-to-date and nearly 50% over the past year—far outpacing developed markets.

Emerging market stocks celebrated one of their strongest years in recent history in 2025. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (an index of large- and mid-cap stocks from emerging markets) returned 33.6% during the year, its best annual return since 2017 ...

Emerging market investing is evolving as equity structures shift and market concentration reshapes the global economy. For those investing in emerging economies or considering investment in developing markets, understanding these trends is key to managing ...

Emerging markets broad index up 12-ish percent, that's up there with some of the best-performing asset classes of the year, like gold. Read more here.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked with fintech and payments companies across Latin America, North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe, gaining firsthand insight into how markets so

Once a top pick among emerging-market investors, local-currency debt is quickly becoming a pain trade. After months being boosted by a weaker dollar, slowing inflation and interest-rate cuts, the bonds have delivered a loss of more than 4.

(Bloomberg) -- The labels used by global investors to categorize countries can shape how trillions of dollars move across markets and how easily governments and companies can raise money. So when MSCI Inc. warned on Jan. 28 that it may downgrade Indonesia ...

Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel and Gulf Arab states as Tehran kept its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, even as U.S. President Donald Trump said talks were ongoing with the Islamic Repu