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Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Schwab · tracks FTSE Emerging Index ?
StocksUnknownOwns the sharesUS
Low yearly feeOwns the shares directlyEmerging Markets
TER ?
0.06%
Distribution
Unknown
Replication ?
Physical Full
Fund size ?
€10.8B
Domicile ?
US
Fund currency ?
USD
Holdings
2,223 positions

What this fund is

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Schwab, traded under the ticker SCHE (ISIN US8085247067). It lets you buy a basket of holdings in a single trade, spreading your money across them rather than one company. In plain terms it is about owning small slices of companies, so you share in their growth when they do well — and their falls when they don't, spread across its target market. It follows the FTSE Emerging Index index (passive investing): it tracks the market rather than relying on a manager, keeping running costs down, and its largest holdings include TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING, TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD and ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD.

It holds around 2223 positions (the ten largest ≈ 29.9%), spreading risk so no single holding decides your outcome. Its biggest country exposures are ~33% TW, ~24.7% CN and ~15.8% IN. By industry it concentrates most in ~33.9% Technology and ~20.9% Financials. Investors often use a broad fund like this as a long-term 'core' holding — a single building block that covers much of a global portfolio in one trade.

Its ongoing charge (TER) is 0.06% a year — about €6 a year on a €10,000 holding, taken automatically from the fund. It holds the underlying investments directly (physical replication); it is domiciled in the United States and trades in USD. Its price has swung about 17.5% over the past year — a gauge of how much the value moves, not a judgement of quality. Like any investment, it can lose value as well as gain, and what it did before does not predict what it will do next. (Fund data sourced from Schwab.)

Performance

+19.1%
1-year return · USD · as of 2026-06-25
Price return — excludes distributions, so it looks lower than total return. ?

Returns over time

YTD+8.9%
1 year+19.1%
3 years+13.5%

How bumpy has it been?

17.5%
Volatility (1y)
How much the price swings year to year — lower is calmer.
-19.4%
Worst drop (3y)
The biggest fall from a peak over the last three years.
0.79
Return for the risk (3y)
Reward earned per unit of bumpiness (the Sharpe ratio) — higher is better.

Price history

35.65 USD latest price · end-of-day · 2026-06-25

20.529.338.1Jul '21Dec '23Jun '26

Weekly closing prices · last 5 years · USD. End-of-day, not live. Past performance doesn’t predict the future.

What your money could grow into

Pick a monthly amount and a number of years to see how regular investing can add up over time. These are your own assumptions — an illustration, not a prediction.

Using Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF’s fee. The “assumed yearly return” is just an assumption you can change — not a prediction.

Try:Rough historical ranges — your assumption, not a prediction or advice.
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How this works: an educational scenario, not a forecast. We compound monthly and add your monthly amount each month. “Expected annual return” is your own assumption — pick a cautious one; real markets are bumpy and can fall. “Adjust for inflation” simply restates the result in today’s spending power. The fee figure includes the yearly fund fee (TER) and the growth those fees would otherwise have earned. The fund comparison repeats each fund’s last-12-months return every year — a rough illustration only, which real funds never do. Not advice.

Where it trades

ExchangeTickerCurrency
NYSE ArcaSCHEUSD★ primary ?

Top holdings ?

Top-holdings (estimate) · as of 2026-06-25
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING17.1%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD3.2%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD2.1%
MEDIATEK INC1.9%
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC1.1%
SSC GOVERNMENT MM GVMXX0.9%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY LTD0.9%
HDFC BANK LTD0.9%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H0.9%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD0.9%

How concentrated it is ?

The 10 biggest holdings make up 29.9% of this fund.

Where your money goes ?

TWTaiwan33.0%
CNChina24.7%
INIndia15.8%
BRBrazil4.2%
ZASouth Africa3.6%
SASA3.2%
Other / not shown15.5%

What kinds of companies ?

Technology33.9%
Financials21.0%
Consumer Discretionary8.7%
Materials6.9%
Communication Services6.9%
Industrials6.7%
Energy3.9%
Consumer Staples3.5%
Other / not shown8.5%

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For comparison only — not a suggestion to switch.

Data as of 2026-06-25 · Source: fh-api

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