MSCI World or Nasdaq 100?

The two indices share 38.3 % of their weight across 95 companies, and their daily returns correlate at 0.93. Partly the same companies at noticeably different weights — the second index shifts the emphasis rather than doubling up.

Side by side

MSCI World or Nasdaq 100?
MSCI WorldNasdaq 100
Holdings covered1,14699
Volatility15.7 %22.3 %
Max drawdown-16.9 %-22.9 %
Cheapest ETF we coverSPPW · 0.12 %EXXT · 0.30 %

The largest shared positions

Shared positions
CompanyMSCI WorldNasdaq 100
NVIDIA Corporation5.57 %8.51 %
Apple Inc.4.80 %7.00 %
Microsoft Corporation3.75 %5.76 %
Amazon.com Inc.2.75 %4.45 %
Alphabet Inc. Class A2.16 %3.15 %
Broadcom Inc.2.01 %3.09 %
Alphabet Inc. Class C1.70 %2.93 %
META Platforms Inc. Class A1.40 %2.75 %
Micron Technology Inc.1.15 %4.62 %
Tesla Inc.1.02 %2.65 %

Overlap and shared positions are computed from the holdings of one representative ETF each (XDWD and EXXT); of those we could attribute 93.2 % and 98.5 % of fund weight to individual companies, so real overlap is likely a little higher. The correlation covers 526 shared trading days.

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The largest single holdings

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