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FRDM vs IEFA

International Emerging vs International Developed.

Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF · iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

FRDM unmatched 13.2% Shared 0.0% IEFA unmatched 99.6%

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 FRDM only
16 positions
Shared
0 positions
In IEFA only
2,613 positions

Holdings data for FRDM covers 13.2% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Side by side

FRDM

Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF

Life + Liberty (Alpha Architect) · International Emerging

61 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$3.55B
TTM yield
1.85%
Top-10 conc.
56.6%
IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares · International Developed

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$190.21B
TTM yield
3.44%
Top-10 conc.
11.9%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
93
77
Tax efficiency
76
80
Liquidity
100
33
Concentration
97
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Tracking quality
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FRDM sub-score IEFA

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

Cost difference

IEFA is 42 bps cheaper than FRDM. On a $100,000 position that's about $420/yr more in fees for FRDM.

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 FRDM vs IEFA.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in FRDM

16 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.52%
  • United Microelectronics Corp 1.43%
  • Gold Fields Ltd 0.52%
  • Banco Bradesco SA 0.51%
  • First American Government Obligations Fund 0.43%
  • Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 0.42%
  • Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV 0.38%
  • Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA 0.19%
  • Cia Sud Americana de Vapores SA 0.19%
  • ARCA CONTINENTAL SAB DE CV 0.14%

Only in IEFA

2,613 total
  • ASML Holding N.V. 2.50%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.42%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.20%
  • Novartis AG 1.12%
  • Nestle S.A. 1.00%
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.00%
  • SHELL PLC 1.00%
  • Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 0.95%
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 0.93%
  • BHP GROUP LIMITED 0.83%

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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/.

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