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EWS vs VSS

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Singapore ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWS and VSS would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWS unmatched 99.4% Shared 0.0% VSS unmatched 98.7%

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.

In EWS only
17 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VSS only
4,818 positions

Side by side

EWS

iShares MSCI Singapore ETF

iShares · International Developed

51 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$1.43B
TTM yield
3.81%
Top-10 conc.
80.6%
VSS

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$13.99B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
3.02%
Top-10 conc.
2.4%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
94
75
Tax efficiency
77
63
Liquidity
100
0
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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EWS sub-score VSS

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

Cost difference

VSS is 44 bps cheaper than EWS. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/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 EWS vs VSS.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EWS

17 total
  • DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD 24.02%
  • OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED 20.37%
  • SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED 5.25%
  • SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD 4.92%
  • YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. 4.56%
  • WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 4.41%
  • SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD 4.41%
  • UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED 4.26%
  • CapitaLand Ascendas REIT 4.21%
  • SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED 4.21%

Only in VSS

4,818 total
  • Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.27%
  • Aritzia Inc 0.27%
  • Finning International Inc 0.24%
  • Storebrand ASA 0.24%
  • Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%
  • Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
  • Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.23%
  • South Bow Corp 0.22%
  • Subsea 7 SA 0.21%

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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.