S&P 500 or MSCI USA?

The two indices share 94.0 % of their weight across 416 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

S&P 500 or MSCI USA?
S&P 500MSCI USA
Holdings covered469485
Volatility16.8 %
Max drawdown-19.0 %
Cheapest ETF we coverSPYL · 0.03 %

The largest shared positions

Shared positions
CompanyS&P 500MSCI USA
NVIDIA Corporation8.14 %7.72 %
Apple Inc.6.69 %6.65 %
Microsoft Corporation5.50 %5.20 %
Amazon.com Inc.3.87 %3.81 %
Alphabet Inc. Class A3.03 %2.99 %
Broadcom Inc.2.95 %2.79 %
Alphabet Inc. Class C2.42 %2.36 %
META Platforms Inc. Class A1.95 %1.94 %
Micron Technology Inc.1.60 %1.59 %
JPMorgan Chase & Co.1.45 %1.44 %

Overlap and shared positions are computed from the holdings of one representative ETF each (SPYL and XD9U); of those we could attribute 97.5 % 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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