Emerging markets index returns

Emerging markets index returns chronicles the annual returns of emerging market stocks as measured by stock indexes.

The growing proliferation of indexes from index providers, along with a corresponding growing number of index funds and ETFs, creates a number of issues for investors, since the index returns of the different providers result in a dispersion of both yearly and multi-period returns. Dispersion of returns is not as considerable an issue with Total Market indexes, but as we go into style and smaller size indexes, dispersion of return increases in magnitude. These return differences are mainly due to the differing methodologies index providers utilize in constructing their indexes. Different benchmarks cover varying ranges of stocks, have different selection criteria for growth versus value, and are even maintained and rebalanced differently.

Emerging market index returns

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Indexes:Dow Jones Emerging Markets Total Stock Market Index; FTSE All Emerging Index; Morningstar Emerging Markets; MSCI Emerging Markets Index; Russell Emerging Markets Index; S&P BMI Emerging Markets Index (View Google Spreadsheet in browser, then File --> Download as to download the file.) Note: If the spreadsheet is blank, select a different sheet, then back to that sheet. The image will be refreshed.

The markets included in each provider's Emerging Market benchmark are provided in the table below.

Country Representation (2010)

Country	Dow Jones	FTSE	Morningstar	MSCI	Russell	S&P
Brazil	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Chile	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
China	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Colombia	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Czech Republic	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Egypt	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Hungary	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
India	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Indonesia	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Malaysia	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Mexico	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Morocco	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Pakistan		♦	♦
Peru	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Philippines	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Poland	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Russia	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
South Africa	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
South Korea				♦	♦
Taiwan		♦		♦	♦	♦
Thailand	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
Turkey	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦	♦
United Arab Emirates		♦			♦

Emerging market index funds

Currently, Emerging Market Index funds are available tracking FTSE, MSCI, and S&P indices. For a listing of available funds, refer to Emerging Mks Funds. Russell has filed with the SEC for introducing an ETF based on the Russell Emerging Market Index. Emerging Market style index funds are available in the small cap style class. Refer to Emerging Mkts Small for a listing of available options.

External links

• The Case For Indexing, Christopher B. Philips and Frank J. Ambrosio, Vanguard Investment Counseling & Research (February, 2011).
• Evaluating global benchmarks Vanguard Research, (September 15, 2010)
• (view Google Spreadsheet in browser or download as xls, ods, or pdf)

Methodologies

• Dow Jones
• FTSE Global Equity Index Series Rules
• Morningstar
• MSCI
• Russell
• S&P Global Indices

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