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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 +23.30%
S&P 500 +22.81%
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 | |
| Investment approach | |||
| Investment approach | Long-only | Long-only | |
| Sustainability | |||
| Sustainability | No | No | |
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | |||
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | 10.68% | 12.34% | |
Documents
| Factsheet | |||
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| Index Methodology | |||
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Holdings
Overview
| Holdings in ETF | |||
| Holdings in ETF | 1281 | 503 | |
| Holdings in Index | |||
| Holdings in Index | 1283 | 500 | |
| Weight of top 10 holdings | |||
| Weight of top 10 holdings | 25.69% | 36.37% | |
| Top 10 Holdings | |||
| Top 10 Holdings | NVIDIA Corp. 5.17% | NVIDIA Corp. 7.51% | |
| Apple 4.76% | Apple 6.58% | ||
| Microsoft Corp 2.95% | Microsoft Corp 4.29% | ||
| Amazon.com, Inc. 2.58% | Amazon.com, Inc. 3.61% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. A 2.33% | Alphabet, Inc. A 3.25% | ||
| Broadcom Inc. 1.90% | Broadcom Inc. 2.77% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. C 1.83% | Alphabet, Inc. C 2.59% | ||
| Micron Technology 1.46% | Micron Technology 2.02% | ||
| Meta Platforms 1.38% | Meta Platforms 1.92% | ||
| Tesla 1.33% | Tesla 1.83% | ||
Countries
| United States 70.32% | United States 97.46% | ||
| Japan 5.71% | Ireland 1.13% | ||
| United Kingdom 3.59% | Other 1.41% | ||
| Canada 3.30% | - | ||
| Other 17.08% | - | ||
Sectors
| Technology 36.18% | Technology 45.78% | ||
| Finance 17.41% | Finance 13.15% | ||
| Industrials 10.03% | Consumer Non-Cyclicals 8.77% | ||
| Healthcare 8.81% | Healthcare 8.67% | ||
| Other 27.57% | Other 23.63% | ||
Performance
Returns overview
| YTD | |||
| YTD | +16.27% | +16.19% | |
| 1 month | |||
| 1 month | +2.16% | +1.83% | |
| 3 months | |||
| 3 months | +6.15% | +5.24% | |
| 6 months | |||
| 6 months | +15.22% | +17.33% | |
| 1 year | |||
| 1 year | +23.30% | +22.81% | |
| 3 years | |||
| 3 years | +66.53% | +69.23% | |
| 5 years | |||
| 5 years | +76.58% | +87.85% | |
| Since inception (MAX) | |||
| Since inception (MAX) | +671.13% | +841.35% | |
| 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 | 10.68% | 12.34% | |
| Volatility 3 years | |||
| Volatility 3 years | 13.00% | 15.55% | |
| Volatility 5 years | |||
| Volatility 5 years | 14.72% | 17.52% | |
| Return per risk 1 year | |||
| Return per risk 1 year | 2.18 | 1.85 | |
| Return per risk 3 years | |||
| Return per risk 3 years | 1.42 | 1.23 | |
| Return per risk 5 years | |||
| Return per risk 5 years | 0.82 | 0.77 | |
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | |||
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | -6.47% | -7.49% | |
| 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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