Which is cheaper, IDEC or VEA?

IDEC charges 0.85% a year and VEA charges 0.03%, so VEA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are IDEC and VEA the same kind of fund?

No. IDEC is a buffer ETF and VEA is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IDEC vs VEA: how they differ

IDEC and VEA are measured over different days, and VEA charges 0.03% against 0.85%.

Innovator Intl Developed Power Buffer ETF - Dec and Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund.

IDEC and VEA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IDEC Innovator Intl Developed Power Buffer ETF - Dec	VEA Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund
Where it sits	Buffer ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	Innovator	Vanguard
What it is	Defined outcome, 15% on EFA	Developed markets ex US
Total return, 1 year	not published	+24.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	not published	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	not available	+7.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.03%
Holdings	not filed	3870

IDEC in plain words

From its price on Sep 12, 2026, the fund can gain about 5.4% more before it reaches its cap. The fund's price can fall 10.4% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, EFA can fall 10.8% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 15.0% of the 15.0% buffer still sits below today's EFA level. 80 days remained on Sep 12, 2026. On Nov 30, 2026 the period ends and a new cap is set.

VEA in plain words

VEA is an index equity fund tracking the Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +24.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3870 positions, with the top ten at 13.2%.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, IDEC or VEA?: IDEC charges 0.85% a year and VEA charges 0.03%, so VEA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are IDEC and VEA the same kind of fund?: No. IDEC is a buffer ETF and VEA is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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IDEC against VEA, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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