ETF comparison
EWTvsSPEM
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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| # | Holding | In EWT | In SPEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 19.33% | 14.65% | 14.65% |
| 2 | MediaTek Inc. | 7.55% | 1.82% | 1.82% |
| 3 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 5.64% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 4 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 4.09% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 5 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 2.86% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 6 | CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 1.46% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 7 | UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. | 2.72% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 8 | YAGEO CORPORATION | 2.15% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 9 | Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 1.35% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 10 | ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. | 2.75% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 11 | NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION | 0.95% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 12 | Cathay 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/.
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