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CWI vs VEA

International Total vs International Developed.

State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
66.1 %

610 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CWI and VEA would leave roughly 66.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

CWI only 33.0% Shared 66.1% VEA only 32.3%
In CWI only
498 positions
Shared
610 positions
In VEA only
3,271 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%
VEA

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$316.31B
TTM yield
2.56%
Top-10 conc.
11.5%

Sub-score comparison

70
Cost
97
78
Tax efficiency
78
76
Liquidity
100
91
Concentration
98
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Tracking quality
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CWI sub-score VEA

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

Cost difference

VEA is 27 bps cheaper than CWI. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/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 VEA.

Top shared holdings

610 shared in total
# Holding In CWI In VEA Overlap
1 ASML Holding NV 1.57% 1.77% 1.57%
2 HSBC Holdings PLC 0.93% 0.97% 0.93%
3 Shell PLC 0.95% 0.90% 0.90%
4 Novartis AG 0.89% 1.01% 0.89%
5 AstraZeneca PLC 0.89% 1.01% 0.89%
6 Roche Holding AG 0.88% 0.96% 0.88%
7 SK hynix Inc 0.86% 1.05% 0.86%
8 Nestle SA 0.80% 0.87% 0.80%
9 Royal Bank of Canada 0.83% 0.78% 0.78%
10 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.64% 0.67% 0.64%
11 Toyota Motor Corp 0.60% 0.76% 0.60%
12 Siemens AG 0.58% 0.61% 0.58%

Only in CWI

498 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.13%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.73%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.13%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.75%
  • Delta Electronics Inc 0.34%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.29%
  • China Construction Bank Corp 0.27%
  • Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.24%
  • HDFC Bank Ltd 0.23%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.23%

Only in VEA

3,271 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.88%
  • Air Liquide SA 0.23%
  • L'Oreal SA 0.19%
  • Waste Connections Inc 0.14%
  • Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd 0.12%
  • Engie SA 0.11%
  • Amrize Ltd 0.09%
  • Sampo Oyj 0.08%
  • Kioxia Holdings Corp 0.08%
  • Swisscom AG 0.07%

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.