MSCI Europe or MSCI EMU?

The two indices share 38.9 % of their weight across 189 companies, and their daily returns correlate at 0.96. Partly the same companies at noticeably different weights — the second index shifts the emphasis rather than doubling up.

Side by side

MSCI Europe or MSCI EMU?
MSCI EuropeMSCI EMU
Holdings covered345189
Volatility16.9 %18.6 %
Max drawdown-14.7 %-15.0 %
Cheapest ETF we coverSPYE · 0.08 %ZPRE · 0.08 %

The largest shared positions

Shared positions
CompanyMSCI EuropeMSCI EMU
Siemens N AG1.61 %2.95 %
Allianz SE1.33 %2.44 %
TotalEnergies SE1.16 %2.14 %
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.1.10 %2.02 %
Iberdrola SA1.02 %1.87 %
Airbus Group1.00 %1.84 %
Safran SA0.97 %1.78 %
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE0.95 %1.74 %
Siemens Energy N AG0.94 %1.73 %
UniCredit S.p.A.0.91 %1.67 %

Overlap and shared positions are computed from the holdings of one representative ETF each (XMEU and XD5E); of those we could attribute 79.1 % and 71.4 % of fund weight to individual companies, so real overlap is likely a little higher. The correlation covers 504 shared trading days.

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