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CWI vs IXUS

Both International Total.

State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
66.2 %

1,052 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CWI and IXUS would leave roughly 66.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

CWI only 32.9% Shared 66.2% IXUS only 33.3%
In CWI only
56 positions
Shared
1,052 positions
In IXUS only
3,102 positions

Side by side

CWI

State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF

State Street · International Total

76 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.30%
Net assets
$2.78B
TTM yield
2.71%
Top-10 conc.
16.3%
IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

iShares · International Total

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$58.52B
TTM yield
2.95%
Top-10 conc.
12.5%

Sub-score comparison

70
Cost
93
78
Tax efficiency
77
76
Liquidity
100
91
Concentration
96
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Tracking quality
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CWI sub-score IXUS

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IXUS is 23 bps cheaper than CWI. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/yr more in fees for CWI.

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 CWI vs IXUS.

Top shared holdings

1,052 shared in total
# Holding In CWI In IXUS Overlap
1 ASML Holding NV 1.57% 1.32% 1.32%
2 Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.13% 0.91% 0.91%
3 SK hynix Inc 0.86% 1.15% 0.86%
4 HSBC Holdings PLC 0.93% 0.74% 0.74%
5 AstraZeneca PLC 0.89% 0.69% 0.69%
6 Roche Holding AG 0.88% 0.68% 0.68%
7 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.75% 0.67% 0.67%
8 Novartis AG 0.89% 0.66% 0.66%
9 Nestle SA 0.80% 0.61% 0.61%
10 Shell PLC 0.95% 0.61% 0.61%
11 Royal Bank of Canada 0.83% 0.59% 0.59%
12 Siemens AG 0.58% 0.53% 0.53%

Only in CWI

56 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.13%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.73%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.29%
  • Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.24%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.23%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd 0.19%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.19%
  • Vale SA 0.17%
  • Infosys Ltd 0.16%
  • Delta Electronics Thailand PCL 0.10%

Only in IXUS

3,102 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.02%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.68%
  • RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.22%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.21%
  • ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.17%
  • Kioxia Holdings Corporation 0.11%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.11%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.11%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.10%
  • INFOSYS LIMITED 0.10%

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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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