ETF comparison
FRDM vs SPEM
Both International Emerging.
Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FRDM and SPEM would leave roughly 0.8% 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.
Holdings data for FRDM covers 13.2% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPEM 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 SPEM.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In FRDM | In SPEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Microelectronics Corp | 1.43% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 2 | Banco Bradesco SA | 0.51% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in FRDM
14 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.52%
- Gold Fields Ltd 0.52%
- 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%
- Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV 0.14%
- Industrias Penoles SAB de CV 0.09%
Only in SPEM
2,913 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 14.65%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.74%
- MediaTek Inc 1.82%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.79%
- Delta Electronics Inc 1.13%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.93%
- HDFC Bank Ltd 0.83%
- ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.82%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.81%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.80%
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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/.
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.