ETF comparison
EWT vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
77 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWT and IEMG would leave roughly 23.9% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEMG is 50 bps cheaper than EWT. On a $100,000 position that's about $500/yr more in fees for EWT.
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 EWT vs IEMG.
Top shared holdings
77 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWT | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 20.31% | 13.17% | 13.17% |
| 2 | MediaTek Inc. | 6.05% | 1.27% | 1.27% |
| 3 | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. | 3.97% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 4 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 3.35% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 5 | ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. | 2.62% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 6 | ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. | 2.40% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 7 | United Microelectronics Corporation | 1.94% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 8 | UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. | 2.20% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 9 | Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 1.67% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 10 | NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION | 2.22% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 11 | Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd. | 1.91% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 12 | CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 1.47% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
Only in EWT
1 total- YA HSIN INDUSTRIAL CO LTD 0.00%
Only in IEMG
2,824 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.28%
- SK hynix Inc. 4.76%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.52%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.70%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.77%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.73%
- HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.60%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.57%
- ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.56%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.49%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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