ETF comparison
AAXJvsEWT
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF
Holdings overlap
83 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AAXJ and EWT would leave roughly28.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
EWT is 13 bps cheaper than AAXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for AAXJ.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with AAXJ vs EWT.
Top shared holdings
83 shared in total| # | Holding | In AAXJ | In EWT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 16.28% | 19.33% | 16.28% |
| 2 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 1.30% | 5.64% | 1.30% |
| 3 | MediaTek Inc. | 1.21% | 7.55% | 1.21% |
| 4 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.85% | 4.09% | 0.85% |
| 5 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.50% | 2.86% | 0.50% |
| 6 | ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. | 0.42% | 2.75% | 0.42% |
| 7 | ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 0.36% | 2.20% | 0.36% |
| 8 | UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. | 0.35% | 2.72% | 0.35% |
| 9 | Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd. | 0.29% | 1.57% | 0.29% |
| 10 | United Microelectronics Corporation | 0.27% | 2.25% | 0.27% |
| 11 | QUANTA COMPUTER INC. | 0.26% | 1.30% | 0.26% |
| 12 | CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.26% | 1.46% | 0.26% |
Only in AAXJ
822 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.6.78%
- SK hynix Inc.4.63%
- Tencent Holdings Limited3.70%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited2.70%
- AIA Group Limited1.09%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION1.03%
- DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD0.90%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED0.88%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.88%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.84%
Only in EWT
1 total- YA HSIN INDUSTRIAL CO LTD0.00%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
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