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CWI vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

CWI and VEA hold 66% of their weight in the same names, and VEA returned +19.7% over the year. Net assets: $2.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

VEA costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points.

CWIVEA
Expense ratio0.30%0.03%
Net assets, CWI as of Oct 8, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026$2.9bn$231.6bn
Total return, 1 year+17.8%+19.7%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQFTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Holdings in common66%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund16.1%13.0%
Below its high3.9%, high on Sep 4, 20264.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+17.8%
CWI total return, 1 year
+19.7%
VEA total return, 1 year
0.30%
CWI expense ratio
0.03%
VEA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CWI and VEA hold 66% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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66% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CWI VEA
ASML HOLDING NV 2.00% 1.96%
SK HYNIX INC 1.88% 2.01%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.93% 1.05%
ROCHE HOLDING AG 0.85% 0.92%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.84% 0.86%
SHELL PLC 0.78% 0.77%
NOVARTIS AG REG 0.72% 0.85%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.69% 0.74%
ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65% 0.72%
NESTLE SA REG 0.65% 0.75%
SIEMENS AG REG 0.65% 0.73%
SAP SE 0.62% 0.68%
Only in CWI
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 3.38%
SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.64%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR 1.96%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 0.85%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD 0.58%
MEDIATEK INC 0.52%
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC 0.46%
HON HAI PRECISION GDR REG S 0.29%
Only in VEA
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.61%
SLBBH1142 1.25%
Air Liquide SA 0.21%
L'Oreal SA 0.18%
Waste Connections Inc 0.12%
STMicroelectronics NV 0.10%
ABN AMRO BANK NV-CVA 0.09%
Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.09%

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On the same fields

CWI
State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF
VEA
Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US
Total return, 1 year +17.8% +19.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +0.6 pts +2.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.30% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 1110 3898
Net assets, CWI as of Oct 8, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $2.9bn $231.6bn

CWI and VEA on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CWI in plain words

CWI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,110 positions, with the top ten at 16.1%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VEA in plain words

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,898 positions, with the top ten at 13.0%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CWI or VEA?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CWI returned +17.8% and VEA +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, CWI or VEA?
VEA is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CWI and VEA overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CWI and 0% of VEA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
CWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗VEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VEA ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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