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title: "The AI Beast Inside EEM"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/290051278.md"
description: "The TransformationEmerging markets are changing. What was once a commodity and currency story is increasingly an Asian AI trade dominated by semiconductors, mega-cap tech and volatility dynamics that look more like Korea than traditional EM. That shift is driving performance, but it is also transforming the behavior of the asset class.Leaving SPY behind"
datetime: "2026-06-17T12:15:40.000Z"
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# The AI Beast Inside EEM

## **The Transformation**

Emerging markets are changing. What was once a commodity and currency story is increasingly an Asian AI trade dominated by semiconductors, mega-cap tech and volatility dynamics that look more like Korea than traditional EM. That shift is driving performance, but it is also transforming the behavior of the asset class.

## **Leaving SPY behind**

### Related Stocks

- [EEM.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/EEM.US.md)
- [VWO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/VWO.US.md)
- [DEM.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DEM.US.md)
- [DFEV.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DFEV.US.md)
- [SCHE.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SCHE.US.md)
- [EDIV.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/EDIV.US.md)
- [IEMG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/IEMG.US.md)
- [EVLU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/EVLU.US.md)
- [EMXC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/EMXC.US.md)
- [SPY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPY.US.md)

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