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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 |
Chart comparison
S&P 500 +33.29%
MSCI World ex USA +27.99%
The performance of the indices is based on the reference ETFs and is displayed in the selected currency.
Basics
Data
| 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 | |
| Strategy risk | |||
| Strategy risk | Long-only | Long-only | |
| Sustainability | |||
| Sustainability | No | No | |
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | |||
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | 12.94% | 10.62% | |
Documents
| Factsheet | |||
| Factsheet | |||
| Index Methodology | |||
| Index Methodology | - | ||
Holdings
Overview
| Holdings in ETF | |||
| Holdings in ETF | 503 | 763 | |
| Holdings in Index | |||
| Holdings in Index | 500 | 775 | |
| Weight of top 10 holdings | |||
| Weight of top 10 holdings | 36.81% | 12.07% | |
| Top 10 Holdings | |||
| Top 10 Holdings | NVIDIA Corp. 7.60% | ASML Holding NV 2.24% | |
| Apple 6.82% | Roche Holding AG 1.31% | ||
| Microsoft 5.05% | HSBC Holdings Plc 1.28% | ||
| Amazon.com, Inc. 3.42% | AstraZeneca PLC 1.25% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. A 3.02% | Novartis AG 1.24% | ||
| Broadcom Inc. 2.57% | Nestlé SA 1.09% | ||
| Meta Platforms 2.42% | Royal Bank of Canada 0.94% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. C 2.41% | Shell Plc 0.93% | ||
| Tesla 1.94% | Toyota Motor Corp. 0.91% | ||
| Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. 1.56% | Siemens AG 0.88% | ||
Countries
| United States 95.12% | Japan 20.23% | ||
| Ireland 1.47% | United Kingdom 11.36% | ||
| Other 3.41% | Canada 10.40% | ||
| - | France 8.42% | ||
| - | Other 49.59% | ||
Sectors
| Technology 33.99% | Financials 24.97% | ||
| Financials 10.49% | Industrials 17.55% | ||
| Telecommunication 10.27% | Technology 8.66% | ||
| Consumer Discretionary 10.05% | Consumer Discretionary 8.31% | ||
| Other 35.20% | Other 40.51% | ||
Performance
Returns overview
| YTD | |||
| YTD | +4.68% | +6.61% | |
| 1 month | |||
| 1 month | +8.06% | +6.42% | |
| 3 months | |||
| 3 months | +3.21% | +2.98% | |
| 6 months | |||
| 6 months | +5.68% | +9.42% | |
| 1 year | |||
| 1 year | +33.29% | +27.99% | |
| 3 years | |||
| 3 years | +67.00% | - | |
| 5 years | |||
| 5 years | +87.91% | - | |
| Since inception (MAX) | |||
| Since inception (MAX) | +748.14% | +30.36% | |
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 | +3.96% | +16.73% | |
| 2024 | |||
| 2024 | +32.62% | - | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2023 | +21.54% | - | |
| 2022 | |||
| 2022 | -13.30% | - | |
Risk
Risk overview
| Volatility 1 year | |||
| Volatility 1 year | 12.94% | 10.62% | |
| Volatility 3 years | |||
| Volatility 3 years | 15.64% | - | |
| Volatility 5 years | |||
| Volatility 5 years | 17.49% | - | |
| Return per risk 1 year | |||
| Return per risk 1 year | 2.57 | 2.63 | |
| Return per risk 3 years | |||
| Return per risk 3 years | 1.19 | - | |
| Return per risk 5 years | |||
| Return per risk 5 years | 0.77 | - | |
| 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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