ETF comparison

EWTvsSPEM

Both International Emerging.

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
28.0%

78 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWT and SPEM would leave roughly28.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWT only 71.7%Shared 28.0%SPEM only 72.0%
In EWT only
6 positions
Shared
78 positions
In SPEM only
2,838 positions

Side by side

EWT

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

iShares · International Emerging

63composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.59%
Net assets
$11.76B
TTM yield
2.59%
Top-10 conc.
51.5%
SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

State Street · International Emerging

89composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$17.83B
TTM yield
2.49%
Top-10 conc.
27.1%

Sub-score comparison

41
Cost
93
75
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
41
Concentration
76
Tracking quality
EWTsub-scoreSPEM

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

SPEM is 52 bps cheaper than EWT. On a $100,000 position that's about $520/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with EWT vs SPEM.

Top shared holdings

78 shared in total
#HoldingIn EWTIn SPEMOverlap
1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited19.33%14.65%14.65%
2MediaTek Inc.7.55%1.82%1.82%
3DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.5.64%1.13%1.13%
4HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.4.09%0.93%0.93%
5ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.2.86%0.82%0.82%
6CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd.1.46%0.56%0.56%
7UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP.2.72%0.50%0.50%
8YAGEO CORPORATION2.15%0.41%0.41%
9Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd.1.35%0.41%0.41%
10ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.2.75%0.40%0.40%
11NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION0.95%0.37%0.37%
12Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd.1.11%0.32%0.32%

Only in EWT

6 total
  • United Microelectronics Corporation2.25%
  • Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd.0.43%
  • TAIWAN BUSINESS BANK, LTD.0.38%
  • Asia Cement Corporation0.28%
  • Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation0.13%
  • YA HSIN INDUSTRIAL CO LTD0.00%

Only in SPEM

2,838 total
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd2.74%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd1.79%
  • HDFC Bank Ltd0.83%
  • China Construction Bank Corp0.81%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd0.80%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd0.71%
  • United Microelectronics Corp0.67%
  • Bharti Airtel Ltd0.53%
  • Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd0.50%
  • PDD Holdings Inc0.46%

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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.