S&P 500 vs Nikkei 225 in comparison
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Comparison in detail
| S&P 500 ISIN US78378X1072 | Ticker A0AET0 | Nikkei 225 ISIN JP9010C00002 | Ticker A1RRF6 Based on Xtrackers Nikkei 225 UCITS ETF 1D |
S&P 500 +21.30%
Nikkei 225 +43.60%
The performance of the indices is based on the reference ETFs and is displayed in the selected currency.
Basics
| Index | |||
| Index | S&P 500® | Nikkei 225® | |
| Index description | |||
| Index description | The S&P 500® index tracks the 500 largest US stocks. | The Nikkei 225® index tracks the 225 most actively traded stocks on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. | |
| Investment focus | |||
| Investment focus | Equity, United States | Equity, Japan | |
| Investment approach | |||
| Investment approach | Long-only | Long-only | |
| Sustainability | |||
| Sustainability | No | No | |
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | |||
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | 12.43% | 27.27% | |
| Factsheet | |||
| Factsheet | |||
| Index Methodology | |||
| Index Methodology | - | ||
Holdings
| Holdings in ETF | |||
| Holdings in ETF | 503 | 225 | |
| Holdings in Index | |||
| Holdings in Index | 500 | 225 | |
| Weight of top 10 holdings | |||
| Weight of top 10 holdings | 37.76% | 48.40% | |
| Top 10 Holdings | |||
| Top 10 Holdings | NVIDIA Corp. 8.07% | Advantest Corp. 12.82% | |
| Apple 7.03% | Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. 8.63% | ||
| Microsoft Corp 5.69% | Tokyo Electron Ltd. 8.52% | ||
| Amazon.com, Inc. 3.84% | SoftBank Group Corp. 6.25% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. A 3.00% | |||
| Broadcom Inc. 2.65% | TDK Corp. 2.36% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. C 2.39% | IBIDEN Co., Ltd. 2.04% | ||
| Meta Platforms 1.90% | KDDI Corp. 1.77% | ||
| Micron Technology 1.63% | Kioxia Holdings Corp. 1.69% | ||
| Tesla 1.56% | Fujikura Ltd. 1.62% | ||
| United States 97.48% | Japan 100.00% | ||
| Ireland 1.15% | Other 0.00% | ||
| Other 1.37% | - | ||
| Technology 45.23% | Technology 40.87% | ||
| Finance 13.62% | Consumer Cyclicals 14.32% | ||
| Healthcare 9.09% | Industrials 11.62% | ||
| Consumer Non-Cyclicals 8.88% | Telecommunication 8.23% | ||
| Other 23.18% | Other 24.96% | ||
Performance
| YTD | |||
| YTD | +20.52% | +43.70% | |
| 1 month | |||
| 1 month | +6.45% | +6.93% | |
| 3 months | |||
| 3 months | +5.90% | +7.01% | |
| 6 months | |||
| 6 months | +19.89% | +29.75% | |
| 1 year | |||
| 1 year | +21.30% | +43.60% | |
| 3 years | |||
| 3 years | +74.73% | +105.58% | |
| 5 years | |||
| 5 years | +94.59% | +93.86% | |
| Since inception (MAX) | |||
| Since inception (MAX) | +876.42% | +437.74% | |
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 | +3.96% | +13.58% | |
| 2024 | |||
| 2024 | +32.62% | +15.94% | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2023 | +21.54% | +17.41% | |
| 2022 | |||
| 2022 | -13.30% | -14.72% | |
Risk
| Volatility 1 year | |||
| Volatility 1 year | 12.43% | 27.27% | |
| Volatility 3 years | |||
| Volatility 3 years | 15.47% | 24.23% | |
| Volatility 5 years | |||
| Volatility 5 years | 17.48% | 21.91% | |
| Return per risk 1 year | |||
| Return per risk 1 year | 1.71 | 1.60 | |
| Return per risk 3 years | |||
| Return per risk 3 years | 1.32 | 1.12 | |
| Return per risk 5 years | |||
| Return per risk 5 years | 0.81 | 0.65 | |
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | |||
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | -7.49% | -16.30% | |
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | -22.60% | -21.64% | |
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | -22.60% | -21.64% | |
| Maximum drawdown since inception | |||
| Maximum drawdown since inception | -33.71% | -30.14% | |
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