iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMB)
Bonds · Emerging Markets · data since 2007-12-19 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.12%
7d
-0.93%
30d
-1.59%
YTD
+0.88%
1y
+7.76%
iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMB) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.3 | 1.6 | -3.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | -1.5 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 2.1 | -1.1 | -0.3 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | -1.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | -2.4 | 2.6 | -0.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.0 | -2.4 | 1.8 | -2.2 |
| 2023 | 3.9 | -2.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | -1.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | -1.9 | -3.3 | -1.2 | 6.2 | 4.5 |
| 2022 | -3.4 | -5.5 | -1.1 | -6.7 | 0.8 | -6.2 | 3.6 | -2.7 | -6.6 | -0.2 | 10.1 | -1.4 |
| 2021 | -1.8 | -3.0 | -0.7 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | -2.6 | 0.2 | -1.9 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | -1.3 | -15.0 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 0.7 | -2.1 | -0.5 | 4.2 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 1.6 | -1.1 | 0.6 | -0.9 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | -0.6 | -2.2 | 0.6 | -2.0 | -0.8 | -1.5 | 2.6 | -2.3 | 2.0 | -2.5 | -0.5 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | -0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 1.6 | -0.2 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | -1.7 | -4.3 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | -0.3 | -1.8 | 0.1 | -1.1 | -1.1 | 2.4 | 0.3 | -1.5 |
| 2014 | -0.8 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 0.0 | -0.3 | 1.3 | -2.2 | 2.0 | -0.4 | -2.7 |
| 2013 | -2.9 | 0.3 | -0.9 | 3.6 | -4.9 | -4.4 | 0.2 | -2.4 | 3.1 | 2.5 | -2.0 | 0.3 |
| 2012 | 1.1 | 2.5 | -0.1 | 1.8 | -2.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| 2011 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | -4.8 | 5.2 | -1.3 | 1.9 |
| 2010 | -0.5 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 0.5 | -1.8 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | -4.4 | 0.4 |
| 2009 | -7.0 | -5.6 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 5.2 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 2008 | 0.9 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | -2.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | -7.1 | -19.4 | 9.6 | 17.7 |
| 2007 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0.3 |
| Avg | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | -0.7 | -0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | -0.1% | -0.2% | -0.1% | +1.1% | +0.5% | +0.4% | +1.8% | +0.5% | -0.7% | -0.6% | +1.0% | +1.6% |
| Win rate | 53%/19 | 58%/19 | 63%/19 | 79%/19 | 63%/19 | 63%/19 | 94%/18 | 72%/18 | 44%/18 | 56%/18 | 50%/18 | 79%/19 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-34.7%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±3.3%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
65%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+17.7%
2008-12
Worst month
-19.39%
2008-10
Longest streaks
10▲ / 4▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF
iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2007. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2007) would be about $233 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was December 2008 at +17.7%; its worst, October 2008 at -19.39%.
- It has closed July in the green 17 out of 18 times — not a promise, just a suspicious habit.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.