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MSCI World vs S&P 500 in comparison
Find the best index: MSCI World vs S&P 500 - compare performance and key attributes
Comparison in detail
| MSCI World ISIN XC0009692739 | WKN 969273 | S&P 500 ISIN US78378X1072 | WKN A0AET0 |
Chart comparison
MSCI World +9.70%
S&P 500 +9.56%
The performance of the indices is based on the reference ETFs and is displayed in the selected currency.
Basics
Data
| Index | |||
| Index | MSCI World | S&P 500® | |
| Index description | |||
| Index description | The MSCI World index tracks stocks from 23 developed countries worldwide. | The S&P 500® index tracks the 500 largest US stocks. | |
| Investment focus | |||
| Investment focus | Equity, World | Equity, United States | |
| Strategy risk | |||
| Strategy risk | Long-only | Long-only | |
| Sustainability | |||
| Sustainability | No | No | |
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | |||
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | 14.73% | 18.21% | |
Documents
| Factsheet | |||
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| Index Methodology | |||
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Holdings
Overview
| Holdings in ETF | |||
| Holdings in ETF | 1317 | 503 | |
| Holdings in Index | |||
| Holdings in Index | 1319 | 500 | |
| Weight of top 10 holdings | |||
| Weight of top 10 holdings | 26.46% | 39.61% | |
| Top 10 Holdings | |||
| Top 10 Holdings | NVIDIA Corp. 5.47% | NVIDIA Corp. 7.38% | |
| Apple 4.48% | Apple 7.07% | ||
| Microsoft 3.58% | Microsoft 6.25% | ||
| Amazon.com, Inc. 2.71% | Amazon.com, Inc. 3.87% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. A 2.30% | Broadcom Inc. 3.24% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. C 1.94% | Alphabet, Inc. A 3.18% | ||
| Meta Platforms 1.87% | Alphabet, Inc. C 2.55% | ||
| Broadcom Inc. 1.74% | Meta Platforms 2.40% | ||
| Tesla 1.38% | Tesla 2.06% | ||
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.99% | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.61% | ||
Countries
| United States 67.33% | United States 95.21% | ||
| Japan 5.59% | Ireland 1.49% | ||
| United Kingdom 3.37% | Other 3.30% | ||
| Canada 3.05% | - | ||
| Other 20.66% | - | ||
Sectors
| Technology 27.25% | Technology 34.83% | ||
| Financials 14.51% | Telecommunication 10.92% | ||
| Industrials 10.65% | Financials 10.53% | ||
| Consumer Discretionary 9.88% | Consumer Discretionary 10.52% | ||
| Other 37.71% | Other 33.20% | ||
Performance
Returns overview
| YTD | |||
| YTD | -1.92% | -2.45% | |
| 1 month | |||
| 1 month | -4.58% | -3.34% | |
| 3 months | |||
| 3 months | -1.85% | -2.59% | |
| 6 months | |||
| 6 months | +1.39% | +0.34% | |
| 1 year | |||
| 1 year | +9.70% | +9.56% | |
| 3 years | |||
| 3 years | +54.35% | +59.08% | |
| 5 years | |||
| 5 years | +69.41% | +82.81% | |
| Since inception (MAX) | |||
| Since inception (MAX) | +550.51% | +690.37% | |
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 | +7.12% | +3.96% | |
| 2024 | |||
| 2024 | +26.24% | +32.62% | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2023 | +19.55% | +21.54% | |
| 2022 | |||
| 2022 | -12.96% | -13.30% | |
Risk
Risk overview
| Volatility 1 year | |||
| Volatility 1 year | 14.73% | 18.21% | |
| Volatility 3 years | |||
| Volatility 3 years | 12.98% | 15.54% | |
| Volatility 5 years | |||
| Volatility 5 years | 14.64% | 17.43% | |
| Return per risk 1 year | |||
| Return per risk 1 year | 0.66 | 0.53 | |
| Return per risk 3 years | |||
| Return per risk 3 years | 1.20 | 1.08 | |
| Return per risk 5 years | |||
| Return per risk 5 years | 0.76 | 0.74 | |
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | |||
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | -14.04% | -14.70% | |
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | -20.45% | -22.60% | |
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | -20.45% | -22.60% | |
| Maximum drawdown since inception | |||
| Maximum drawdown since inception | -33.91% | -33.71% | |
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