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FRDM vs SPEM

Both International Emerging.

Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.5 %

2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FRDM and SPEM would leave roughly 0.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FRDM only 12.6% Shared 0.5% SPEM only 99.5%
In FRDM only
14 positions
Shared
2 positions
In SPEM only
2,943 positions

Holdings data for FRDM covers 13.1% 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

63 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$3.60B
TTM yield
1.63%
Top-10 conc.
45.4%
SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

State Street · International Emerging

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$17.31B
TTM yield
2.52%
Top-10 conc.
25.3%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
93
77
Tax efficiency
75
81
Liquidity
100
49
Concentration
78
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Tracking quality
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FRDM sub-score SPEM

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

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 0.64% 0.26% 0.26%
2 Banco Bradesco SA 0.73% 0.23% 0.23%

Only in FRDM

14 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.18%
  • Gold Fields Ltd 0.93%
  • Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV 0.54%
  • Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 0.54%
  • Cia Sud Americana de Vapores SA 0.28%
  • Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA 0.26%
  • Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV 0.19%
  • ARCA CONTINENTAL SAB DE CV 0.18%
  • Industrias Penoles SAB de CV 0.13%
  • First American Government Obligations Fund 0.12%

Only in SPEM

2,943 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 11.96%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.48%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.99%
  • China Construction Bank Corp 0.95%
  • Delta Electronics Inc 0.93%
  • HDFC Bank Ltd 0.84%
  • MediaTek Inc 0.82%
  • Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.77%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd 0.71%

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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.