State Street SPDR Global Dow ETF
$187.59+0.37 (+0.20%)
- 0.50%
- $649M
- +20.9%
- 2.54%
- 0M sh
- $186.62
- low $159.82high $193.03
The ETF.net DGT Grade
C
Score 53 out of 100
- 6 of 6
Score 53 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F13 out of 100Rank 6 of 6Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A95 out of 100Rank 5 of 6Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A77 out of 100Rank 1 of 6Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D30 out of 100Rank 5 of 6Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A82 out of 100Rank 1 of 6Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C44 out of 100Rank 6 of 6
Our read on DGT
CMost global funds rank the world by market cap. DGT tracks the Global Dow: 150 blue chips chosen by a committee for their weight in the world economy, each held in equal size and reset to equal every September. A curated list, not a size ladder.
The fund seeks to provide investment results that generally correspond to the total return performance of the Global Dow Index before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Equal weighting, reset to equal each September, so no single megacap dominates the portfolio the way it does in cap-weighted global funds.ssga.com
- Membership is judgment, not a screen: S&P Dow Jones picks the roughly 150 names on size, reputation and importance to the global economy, across developed and emerging markets.ssga.com
- Trading since 2000, a plain 1940 Act index fund that pays quarterly and hugs its benchmark closely. Top-quartile implementation among index wrappers we track.
Worth knowing
- The curation costs money: 0.50% a year, above the median index wrapper and well above cap-weighted global funds like VT at 0.06%.
- Thinly traded, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than on the household-name global funds.
- About 150 equally weighted names is a narrower, less megacap-driven slice of the world than total-market funds holding thousands of stocks.
DGT Holdings
- Stocks
- 174
- 8%
- PANW
Sectors
- Technology21.5%
- Financials16.9%
- Industrials13.2%
- Health Care10.9%
- Consumer Discretionary9.2%
- Communication6.7%
- Consumer Staples6.6%
- Energy5.8%
- Materials4.6%
- Utilities3.2%
- Real Estate1.3%
Geography
- United States57.34%
- Japan7.28%
- United Kingdom6.64%
- France4.40%
- Germany3.85%
- Switzerland3.28%
- China2.69%
- India1.92%
- 12.61%
Developed 79% · Emerging 21%
DGT Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
DGT$12,086
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | DGT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.7% |
| 1 month | −1.8% |
| 3 months | +1.1% |
| 1 year | +20.9% |
| 3 years | +23.0% |
| 5 years | +14.2% |
| 10 years | +13.7% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | DGT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.7% | |
| 2025 | +30.0% | |
| 2024 | +14.1% | |
| 2023 | +21.0% | |
| 2022 | −8.0% | |
| 2021 | +21.5% | |
| 2020 | +9.7% |
DGT in the news
DGT Dividends
- 2.54%
- $4.76
- $0.48 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DGT Risk
- 10.7%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.54
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −25.2%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.84
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DGT Cost
0.50%
DGT0.50%
- The middle half of MSCI ACWI / World funds
- Median 0.26%
Every other MSCI ACWI / World fund charges less.
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