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S&P 500 vs MSCI World ex USA in comparison
Find the best index: S&P 500 vs MSCI World ex USA - compare performance and key attributes
Comparison in detail
| S&P 500 ISIN US78378X1072 | WKN A0AET0 | MSCI World ex USA |
S&P 500 +19.95%
MSCI World ex USA +23.23%
The performance of the indices is based on the reference ETFs and is displayed in the selected currency.
Basics
| Index | |||
| Index | S&P 500® | MSCI World ex USA | |
| Index description | |||
| Index description | The S&P 500® index tracks the 500 largest US stocks. | The MSCI World ex USA index tracks large and mid cap stocks from developed markets worldwide (excluding the USA). | |
| Investment focus | |||
| Investment focus | Equity, United States | Equity, World | |
| Investment approach | |||
| Investment approach | Long-only | Long-only | |
| Sustainability | |||
| Sustainability | No | No | |
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | |||
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | 12.34% | 10.93% | |
| Factsheet | |||
| Factsheet | |||
| Index Methodology | |||
| Index Methodology | - | ||
Holdings
| Holdings in ETF | |||
| Holdings in ETF | 503 | 755 | |
| Holdings in Index | |||
| Holdings in Index | 500 | 775 | |
| Weight of top 10 holdings | |||
| Weight of top 10 holdings | 37.11% | 12.58% | |
| Top 10 Holdings | |||
| Top 10 Holdings | Apple 7.65% | ASML Holding NV 2.49% | |
| NVIDIA Corp. 7.38% | HSBC Holdings Plc 1.44% | ||
| Microsoft Corp 5.23% | Roche Holding AG 1.28% | ||
| Amazon.com, Inc. 3.60% | Royal Bank of Canada 1.20% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. A 3.06% | Novartis AG 1.18% | ||
| Broadcom Inc. 2.87% | AstraZeneca PLC 1.06% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. C 2.46% | Nestlé SA 1.05% | ||
| Meta Platforms 1.85% | Shell Plc 0.98% | ||
| Micron Technology 1.54% | |||
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.47% | Siemens AG 0.93% | ||
| United States 96.34% | Japan 19.93% | ||
| Ireland 1.16% | United Kingdom 12.33% | ||
| Other 2.50% | Canada 12.22% | ||
| - | Switzerland 8.93% | ||
| - | Other 46.59% | ||
| Technology 44.76% | Finance 30.69% | ||
| Finance 14.01% | Industrials 14.65% | ||
| Healthcare 8.99% | Technology 10.96% | ||
| Consumer Non-Cyclicals 8.94% | Healthcare 8.95% | ||
| Other 23.30% | Other 34.75% | ||
Performance
| YTD | |||
| YTD | +13.52% | +15.93% | |
| 1 month | |||
| 1 month | +0.98% | +2.48% | |
| 3 months | |||
| 3 months | +1.73% | +4.67% | |
| 6 months | |||
| 6 months | +12.04% | +6.77% | |
| 1 year | |||
| 1 year | +19.95% | +23.23% | |
| 3 years | |||
| 3 years | +66.49% | - | |
| 5 years | |||
| 5 years | +81.86% | - | |
| Since inception (MAX) | |||
| Since inception (MAX) | +819.73% | +41.76% | |
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 | +3.96% | +16.73% | |
| 2024 | |||
| 2024 | +32.62% | - | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2023 | +21.54% | - | |
| 2022 | |||
| 2022 | -13.30% | - | |
Risk
| Volatility 1 year | |||
| Volatility 1 year | 12.34% | 10.93% | |
| Volatility 3 years | |||
| Volatility 3 years | 15.51% | - | |
| Volatility 5 years | |||
| Volatility 5 years | 17.53% | - | |
| Return per risk 1 year | |||
| Return per risk 1 year | 1.62 | 2.12 | |
| Return per risk 3 years | |||
| Return per risk 3 years | 1.19 | - | |
| Return per risk 5 years | |||
| Return per risk 5 years | 0.72 | - | |
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | |||
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | -7.49% | -8.64% | |
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | -22.60% | - | |
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | -22.60% | - | |
| Maximum drawdown since inception | |||
| Maximum drawdown since inception | -33.71% | -16.31% | |
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