ETF comparison
DFAI vs EWS
Both International Developed.
Dimensional International Core Equity Market ETF · iShares MSCI Singapore ETF
Holdings overlap
11 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAI and EWS would leave roughly 1.0% 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
DFAI is 32 bps cheaper than EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/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 DFAI vs EWS.
Top shared holdings
11 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAI | In EWS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | 0.37% | 24.02% | 0.37% |
| 2 | OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 0.23% | 20.37% | 0.23% |
| 3 | UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED | 0.13% | 4.26% | 0.13% |
| 4 | SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED | 0.08% | 3.90% | 0.08% |
| 5 | SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD | 0.05% | 4.92% | 0.05% |
| 6 | SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED | 0.05% | 4.21% | 0.05% |
| 7 | KEPPEL LTD. | 0.05% | 3.64% | 0.05% |
| 8 | YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. | 0.04% | 4.56% | 0.04% |
| 9 | WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 0.02% | 4.41% | 0.02% |
| 10 | SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD | 0.02% | 4.41% | 0.02% |
| 11 | SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED | 0.07% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in DFAI
3,663 total- ASML Holding N.V. 1.63%
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.16%
- Roche Holding AG 1.05%
- SHELL PLC 1.01%
- Nestle S.A. 0.84%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.81%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.76%
- Novartis AG 0.67%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 0.63%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 0.62%
Only in EWS
6 total- SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED 5.25%
- CapitaLand Ascendas REIT 4.21%
- SEA LIMITED 3.66%
- GRAB HOLDINGS LIMITED 3.63%
- CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust 2.77%
- CAPITALAND INVESTMENT LIMITED 1.13%
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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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