ETF comparison
FRDM vs VXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FRDM and VXUS would leave roughly 0.0% 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
VXUS is 44 bps cheaper than FRDM. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In FRDM | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grupo Carso SAB de CV | 0.05% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 2 | Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de CV | 0.07% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 3 | United Microelectronics Corp | 1.43% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Only in FRDM
13 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.52%
- 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%
- Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV 0.14%
Only in VXUS
8,733 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
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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.