ETF comparison
DFAE vs EWT
Both International Emerging.
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF
Holdings overlap
76 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAE and EWT would leave roughly 22.9% 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
DFAE is 30 bps cheaper than EWT. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for EWT.
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 DFAE vs EWT.
Top shared holdings
76 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAE | In EWT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 13.19% | 19.33% | 13.19% |
| 2 | MediaTek Inc. | 0.97% | 7.55% | 0.97% |
| 3 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 0.79% | 4.09% | 0.79% |
| 4 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 0.62% | 5.64% | 0.62% |
| 5 | ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 0.27% | 2.20% | 0.27% |
| 6 | CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.26% | 1.46% | 0.26% |
| 7 | Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.26% | 1.35% | 0.26% |
| 8 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.25% | 2.86% | 0.25% |
| 9 | UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. | 0.25% | 2.72% | 0.25% |
| 10 | ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. | 0.25% | 2.75% | 0.25% |
| 11 | Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.23% | 1.11% | 0.23% |
| 12 | TS Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 0.22% | 0.96% | 0.22% |
Only in DFAE
6,192 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.17%
- SK hynix Inc. 4.54%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.57%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.20%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.77%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.46%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45%
- BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.44%
- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.43%
Only in EWT
8 total- HonPrecision Inc 1.10%
- Formosa Chemicals And Fibre Corporation 0.47%
- CHAILEASE HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED 0.42%
- YANG MING MARINE TRANSPORT CORPORATION 0.33%
- Asia Cement Corporation 0.28%
- Caliway Biopharmaceuticals Co Ltd 0.26%
- CATCHER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0.19%
- YA HSIN INDUSTRIAL CO LTD 0.00%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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