ETF comparison
DBEF vs EWS
Both International Developed.
Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF
Holdings overlap
16 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DBEF and EWS would leave roughly 1.5% 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
DBEF is 15 bps cheaper than EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for EWS.
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 DBEF vs EWS.
Top shared holdings
16 shared in total| # | Holding | In DBEF | In EWS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 0.46% | 24.02% | 0.46% |
| 2 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORP LTD | 0.27% | 20.37% | 0.27% |
| 3 | UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LTD | 0.16% | 4.26% | 0.16% |
| 4 | SEA LTD | 0.15% | 3.66% | 0.15% |
| 5 | SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD | 0.12% | 3.90% | 0.12% |
| 6 | SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD | 0.07% | 4.92% | 0.07% |
| 7 | KEPPEL LTD | 0.05% | 3.64% | 0.05% |
| 8 | CAPITALAND INTEGRATED COMMERCIAL TRUST | 0.05% | 2.77% | 0.05% |
| 9 | GRAB HOLDINGS LTD | 0.04% | 3.63% | 0.04% |
| 10 | SINGAPORE AIRLINES LTD | 0.04% | 4.21% | 0.04% |
| 11 | CAPITALAND ASCENDAS REIT | 0.04% | 4.21% | 0.04% |
| 12 | YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD | 0.03% | 4.56% | 0.03% |
Only in DBEF
669 total- ASML HOLDING NV 2.82%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.45%
- ROCHE HOLDING AG 1.33%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.26%
- NOVARTIS AG 1.24%
- NESTLE' SA/AG 1.18%
- SHELL PLC 1.06%
- SIEMENS AG 1.05%
- BHP GROUP LTD 1.03%
- MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.90%
Only in EWS
1 total- SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED 5.25%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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