ETF comparison
IEFA vs SPEM
International Developed vs International Emerging.
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
17 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEFA and SPEM would leave roughly 0.2% 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.070% vs 0.070%).
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Top shared holdings
17 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEFA | In SPEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WH GROUP LIMITED | 0.03% | 0.08% | 0.03% |
| 2 | YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS) LTD. | 0.03% | 0.04% | 0.03% |
| 3 | SITC International Holdings Co Ltd | 0.03% | 0.06% | 0.03% |
| 4 | METLEN ENERGY & METALS PLC | 0.02% | 0.04% | 0.02% |
| 5 | InPost S.A. | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 6 | XINYI GLASS HOLDINGS LIMITED | 0.01% | 0.04% | 0.01% |
| 7 | TIME INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| 8 | OSL Group Ltd | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 9 | Hbm Holdings Ltd | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| 10 | Guotai Junan International Holdings Limited | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 11 | MOBVISTA INC. | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| 12 | CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
Only in IEFA
2,596 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%
Only in SPEM
2,898 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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- IEFA vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 0.1%
- IEFA vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- IEFA vs ILF · iShares Latin America 40 ETF 0.0%
- IEFA vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 0.0%
- IEFA vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with SPEM
- SPEM vs EWY · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF 0.0%
- SPEM vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 70.4%
- SPEM vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 69.6%
- SPEM vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 63.1%
- SPEM vs IEMG · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 61.3%
- SPEM vs DFAE · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 60.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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