ETF comparison
EWT vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
83 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWT and IEMG would leave roughly 22.8% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEMG is 50 bps cheaper than EWT. On a $100,000 position that's about $500/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 EWT vs IEMG.
Top shared holdings
83 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWT | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 19.33% | 12.49% | 12.49% |
| 2 | MediaTek Inc. | 7.55% | 1.42% | 1.42% |
| 3 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 5.64% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 4 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 4.09% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 5 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 2.86% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 6 | United Microelectronics Corporation | 2.25% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 7 | ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. | 2.75% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 8 | UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. | 2.72% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 9 | ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 2.20% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 10 | YAGEO CORPORATION | 2.15% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 11 | CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 1.46% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 12 | CHROMA ATE INC. | 1.52% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
Only in EWT
1 total- YA HSIN INDUSTRIAL CO LTD 0.00%
Only in IEMG
2,584 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.80%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.82%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.37%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.82%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.74%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.61%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.58%
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.54%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.53%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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