MSCI World or MSCI USA?

The two indices share 70.0 % of their weight across 485 companies, and their daily returns correlate at 0.00. Partly the same companies at noticeably different weights — the second index shifts the emphasis rather than doubling up.

Side by side

MSCI World or MSCI USA?
MSCI WorldMSCI USA
Holdings covered1,146485
Volatility15.7 %–
Max drawdown-16.9 %–
Cheapest ETF we coverSPPW · 0.12 %–

The largest shared positions

Shared positions
CompanyMSCI WorldMSCI USA
NVIDIA Corporation5.57 %7.72 %
Apple Inc.4.80 %6.65 %
Microsoft Corporation3.75 %5.20 %
Amazon.com Inc.2.75 %3.81 %
Alphabet Inc. Class A2.16 %2.99 %
Broadcom Inc.2.01 %2.79 %
Alphabet Inc. Class C1.70 %2.36 %
META Platforms Inc. Class A1.40 %1.94 %
Micron Technology Inc.1.15 %1.59 %
JPMorgan Chase & Co.1.04 %1.44 %

Overlap and shared positions are computed from the holdings of one representative ETF each (XDWD and XD9U); of those we could attribute 93.2 % and 97.0 % of fund weight to individual companies, so real overlap is likely a little higher. The correlation covers 0 shared trading days.

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The largest single holdings

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