ETF comparison
EWL vs VT
International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).
iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWL and VT would leave roughly 1.8% 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
VT is 44 bps cheaper than EWL. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for EWL.
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 EWL vs VT.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWL | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novartis AG | 13.56% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 2 | Roche Holding AG | 14.03% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | 12.34% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 4 | UBS Group AG | 5.13% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 5 | ABB Ltd | 5.41% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 6 | COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA | 4.78% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 7 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | 4.44% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 8 | Lonza Group AG | 2.35% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 9 | Swiss Re AG | 2.32% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | Holcim AG | 2.64% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 11 | Roche Holding AG | 0.39% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 12 | Galderma Group AG | 2.24% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in EWL
0 totalEvery EWL position is also held by VT.
Only in VT
10,010 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.56%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
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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/.
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.