MSCI World vs Gold in comparison
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Comparison in detail
| MSCI World ISIN XC0009692739 | Valor Number 969273 | Gold ISIN XC0009655157 | Valor Number 965515 Based on iShares Physical Gold ETC |
MSCI World +20.07%
Gold +7.94%
The performance of the indices is based on the reference ETFs and is displayed in the selected currency.
Basics
| Index | |||
| Index | MSCI World | Gold | |
| Index description | |||
| Index description | The MSCI World index tracks stocks from 23 developed countries worldwide. | The product tracks the spot price of gold in US Dollar. | |
| Investment focus | |||
| Investment focus | Equity, World | Precious Metals, Gold | |
| Investment approach | |||
| Investment approach | Long-only | Long-only | |
| Sustainability | |||
| Sustainability | No | No | |
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | |||
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | 11.29% | 24.94% | |
| Factsheet | |||
| Factsheet | - | ||
| Index Methodology | |||
| Index Methodology | - | ||
Holdings
| Holdings in ETF | |||
| Holdings in ETF | 1252 | - | |
| Holdings in Index | |||
| Holdings in Index | 1249 | - | |
| Weight of top 10 holdings | |||
| Weight of top 10 holdings | 26.64% | - | |
| Top 10 Holdings | |||
| Top 10 Holdings | NVIDIA Corp. 5.53% | - | |
| Apple 5.07% | - | ||
| Microsoft Corp 3.90% | - | ||
| Amazon.com, Inc. 2.74% | - | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. A 2.17% | - | ||
| Broadcom Inc. 1.82% | - | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. C 1.71% | - | ||
| Meta Platforms 1.37% | - | ||
| Micron Technology 1.18% | - | ||
| Tesla 1.15% | - | ||
| United States 70.32% | - | ||
| Japan 5.79% | - | ||
| United Kingdom 3.68% | - | ||
| Canada 3.39% | - | ||
| Other 16.82% | - | ||
| Technology 35.71% | - | ||
| Finance 18.01% | - | ||
| Industrials 9.57% | - | ||
| Healthcare 8.99% | - | ||
| Other 27.72% | - | ||
Performance
| YTD | |||
| YTD | +18.63% | +1.90% | |
| 1 month | |||
| 1 month | +3.58% | -2.27% | |
| 3 months | |||
| 3 months | +5.64% | +4.47% | |
| 6 months | |||
| 6 months | +17.41% | -7.58% | |
| 1 year | |||
| 1 year | +20.07% | +7.94% | |
| 3 years | |||
| 3 years | +65.23% | +106.67% | |
| 5 years | |||
| 5 years | +57.46% | +110.40% | |
| Since inception (MAX) | |||
| Since inception (MAX) | +384.78% | +152.14% | |
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 | +6.01% | +44.18% | |
| 2024 | |||
| 2024 | +28.31% | +36.69% | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2023 | +12.43% | +3.16% | |
| 2022 | |||
| 2022 | -17.04% | +0.68% | |
Risk
| Volatility 1 year | |||
| Volatility 1 year | 11.29% | 24.94% | |
| Volatility 3 years | |||
| Volatility 3 years | 13.84% | 19.07% | |
| Volatility 5 years | |||
| Volatility 5 years | 15.70% | 17.24% | |
| Return per risk 1 year | |||
| Return per risk 1 year | 1.78 | 0.32 | |
| Return per risk 3 years | |||
| Return per risk 3 years | 1.31 | 1.43 | |
| Return per risk 5 years | |||
| Return per risk 5 years | 0.61 | 0.93 | |
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | |||
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | -7.72% | -22.35% | |
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | -21.12% | -22.35% | |
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | -21.12% | -22.35% | |
| Maximum drawdown since inception | |||
| Maximum drawdown since inception | -36.50% | -38.39% | |
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