VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF·Financial Services

Retirees chasing income have started paying attention to a corner of the bond market most U.S.

As we navigate the first quarter of 2026, advisor interest is increasingly shifting toward traditional hedges and quality-oriented products. VanEck, a pioneer in thematic and hard-asset investing, has seen its lineup take center stage as market participants grapple with a shifting macro environment.

Today's market environment is pushing investors to look beyond traditional fixed income for higher yield. VanEck's income-focused ETFs provide access across asset classes.

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Normalizing yield curves, easing monetary policy in the U.S., and a weakening dollar are just a few macro factors that hit the bond markets in 2025. The latter carved a path for emerging market (EM) bond strength last year, giving them the “wow” factor relative to their fixed income peers.

The VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF receives a "Sell" rating for long-term investors due to steady capital decay and currency risk. EMLC offers broad emerging market sovereign debt exposure with moderate credit and interest rate risk. Despite outperforming developed market bond benchmarks, EMLC has underperformed inflation and suffered a 48% price decline since inception.
The VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF (EMLC) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the J.P. Morgan GBI-EM Global Core Index (GBIEMCOR), which is comprised of bonds issued by emerging market governments and denominated in the local currency of the issuer.
Financial Services
Asset Management
2010-07-23
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