Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap) against iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (MSCI Emerging Markets IMI) — fees, long-horizon total returns, holdings overlap, and sector tilt, side by side.
| VWO | IEMG | SPREAD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| YTD (cumulative) | +13.2% | +22.6% | -9.35 pp |
| 1Y CAGR | +20.7% | +34.8% | -14.08 pp |
| 3Y CAGR | +17.9% | +22.1% | -4.18 pp |
| 5Y CAGR | +6.66% | +8.08% | -1.42 pp |
| 10Y CAGR | +8.00% | +9.21% | -1.21 pp |
| Since inception CAGR | +6.97% | +6.52% | +0.45 pp |
Total return: dividend- and split-adjusted daily closes (distributions reinvested). Spread is VWO minus IEMG. VWO since-inception measured from first available bar March 10, 2005. IEMG since-inception measured from first available bar October 24, 2012. Since-inception spans differ — compare that row with care.
| VWO | IEMG | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares | iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF |
| Category | Diversified Emerging Mkts | Diversified Emerging Mkts |
| Style | Passive | Passive |
| Expense ratio | 0.06% | 0.09% |
| Assets (AUM) | $162.0B | $152.2B |
| Dividend yield | 2.36% | 2.31% |
| Avg volume (3-mo) | 7.8M | 11.5M |
| Inception | March 4, 2005 | October 18, 2012 |
| Benchmark proxy | FTSE Emerging Markets | MSCI EM IMI |
| Shared holding | VWO | IEMG | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2330.TWTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 14.99% | 13.63% | 13.63% |
| 0700.HKTencent Holdings Ltd | 3.19% | 2.75% | 2.75% |
| 9988.HKAlibaba Group Holding Ltd Ordinary Shares | 2.33% | 1.84% | 1.84% |
| 2454.TWMediaTek Inc | 1.31% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 00939China Construction Bank Corp Class H | 0.86% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 2308.TW |
VWO costs 0.03 pp less per year — about $3.00 per $10,000 invested.
Expense ratios verified against issuer fact sheets. Dividend yield is trailing 12-month distributions divided by price, as reported by the fund data provider.
| 0.79% |
| 0.73% |
| 0.73% |
| 2317.TWHon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 0.78% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
Sum of min(weight in each fund) across shared tickers — the standard fund-overlap measure. Computed on the top 25 holdings each fund reports, so it is a lower bound; the coverage figures show how much of each fund those top holdings represent.