About TEQSX
Nuveen Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund (Retirement) is a mutual fund designed to provide investors with long-term total return, primarily through capital appreciation. Its strategy centers on investing the majority of its assets—at least 80%—in equity securities included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index or instruments with similar economic characteristics. The fund aims to closely track the performance and investment attributes of this benchmark, offering broad exposure to stocks across multiple emerging markets.
The fund's portfolio is widely diversified, typically holding over a thousand securities from developing economies, with significant allocations to countries such as China, Taiwan, India, and South Korea. Its holdings include large, prominent firms like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Tencent Holdings, Alibaba Group, and Samsung Electronics. The fund is classified within the diversified emerging markets category and is structured to suit retirement-focused investors seeking growth potential outside developed markets.
By mirroring the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, the fund plays a key role in enabling investors to capture the dynamic growth trends and diversification benefits that emerging markets contribute to global investment portfolios, all while maintaining a disciplined, index-based approach to emerging market equity exposure.
Fund Family Nuveen
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Performance Rating Average
Risk Rating Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol TEQSX
Share Class Retirement Class
Index MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) NR USD
TEQSX had a total return of 38.78% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's
inception, the average annual return has been 4.56%.
