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State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF Overview

State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF (EBND) is a passively managed Taxable Bond Emerging-Markets Local-Currency Bond exchange-traded fund (ETF). State Street Investment Management launched the ETF in 2011.

The investment seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Bloomberg EM Local Currency Government Diversified Index. The fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index and in securities that the Adviser determines have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of the securities that comprise the index. The index is designed to measure the performance of the fixed-rate local currency sovereign debt of emerging market countries. It is non-diversified.

About State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF (EBND)

There are 4 members of the management team with an average tenure of 4.32 years: Kheng Ng (2021), Imran Khan (2021), Catherine Smith (2022) and Rodrigo Mora (2023). Management tenure is more important for actively managed ETFs than passive index ETFs.

The ETF has 2 primary benchmarks: Bloomberg Global Aggregate TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and Bloomberg EM Lcl Currency Gov Div TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF has 645 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 6.2% of the ETF’s assets. The ETF meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a nondiversified fund. The ETF is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF is part of the Fixed Income global asset class and is within the Taxable Bond ETF group. State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF has 98.7% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 0.0% There is 0.0% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 98.7% (0.0% domestic bond, 98.7% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF has 1.3% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $2 billion in total assets, which is above the $1 billion average for the Emerging-Markets Local-Currency Bond category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

EBND Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF expense ratio is below average compared to funds in the Emerging-Markets Local-Currency Bond category. State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF has an expense ratio of 0.30%, which is 37% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a A. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF has a portfolio turnover rate of 32%, which indicates that it holds its assets around / 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 33% for the Emerging-Markets Local-Currency Bond category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF returned 0.7%, which earned it a grade of A, as the Emerging-Markets Local-Currency Bond category had an average return of 0.6%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all ETFs in that category.

State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF has a trailing yield of 5.85%, which is above the 4.31% category average. The fund normally distributes its income monthly and its capital gains annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

State Street® SPDR® Blmbg EmMktsLclBdETF Grades

Year to date, the ETF has returned 1.0%, 1.7 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of F. The fund has returned 5.9% over the past year (grade of F), 5.0% over the past three years (grade of F) and 0.8% per year over the past five years (grade of F) and 1.4% per year over the past 10 years (grade of F).

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