ETF comparison
ACWX vs IEMG
International Total vs International Emerging.
iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
1,032 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ACWX and IEMG would leave roughly 31.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEMG is 23 bps cheaper than ACWX. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/yr more in fees for ACWX.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with ACWX vs IEMG.
Top shared holdings
1,032 shared in total| # | Holding | In ACWX | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 4.93% | 12.49% | 4.93% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 2.20% | 6.80% | 2.20% |
| 3 | SK hynix Inc. | 1.70% | 5.82% | 1.70% |
| 4 | Tencent Holdings Limited | 1.02% | 2.37% | 1.02% |
| 5 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 0.69% | 1.82% | 0.69% |
| 6 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.42% | 1.42% | 0.42% |
| 7 | CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION | 0.27% | 0.71% | 0.27% |
| 8 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.27% | 0.74% | 0.27% |
| 9 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.26% | 1.02% | 0.26% |
| 10 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.25% | 0.79% | 0.25% |
| 11 | HDFC BANK LIMITED | 0.24% | 0.61% | 0.24% |
| 12 | RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 0.22% | 0.58% | 0.22% |
Only in ACWX
837 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.73%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.98%
- Roche Holding AG 0.83%
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.79%
- Novartis AG 0.77%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.70%
- Nestle S.A. 0.70%
- SHELL PLC 0.69%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.66%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.65%
Only in IEMG
1,635 total- Winbond Electronics Corporation 0.11%
- Phison Electronics Corporation 0.09%
- NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0.09%
- TAIWAN UNION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0.09%
- LG INNOTEK CO.,LTD 0.09%
- MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0.06%
- COMPEQ MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 0.06%
- Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation 0.06%
- POWERTECH TECHNOLOGY INC. 0.06%
- Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp 0.05%
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- ACWX vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 88.9%
- ACWX vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 86.4%
- ACWX vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 81.3%
- ACWX vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 74.7%
More comparisons with IEMG
- IEMG vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 31.3%
- IEMG vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 30.5%
- IEMG vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 29.9%
- IEMG vs DFAX · Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF 27.0%
- IEMG vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 22.8%
- IEMG vs CWI · State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF 20.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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