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FRDM vs IEMG

Both International Emerging.

Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

FRDM unmatched 13.2% Shared 0.0% IEMG unmatched 99.5%

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 IEMG only
2,667 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%
IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$160.08B
TTM yield
2.37%
Top-10 conc.
34.0%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
91
77
Tax efficiency
76
80
Liquidity
100
33
Concentration
66
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Tracking quality
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FRDM sub-score IEMG

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

Cost difference

IEMG is 40 bps cheaper than FRDM. On a $100,000 position that's about $400/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 IEMG.

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 IEMG

2,667 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 12.49%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.80%
  • SK hynix Inc. 5.82%
  • Tencent Holdings Limited 2.37%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.82%
  • MediaTek Inc. 1.42%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.02%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.74%
  • CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71%

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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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