COLO vs EWW

COLODGlobal X MSCI Colombia ETF

EWWAiShares MSCI Mexico ETF

In short

COLO Colombia, in one ticker. Running since 2009, COLO tracks an MSCI index of roughly two dozen Colombian stocks with capping rules that stop any single issuer from swallowing the fund. Concentrated by design, not by accident.

EWW Mexico in one ticker, doing that job since 1996. Roughly 40 of the country's biggest listed names, capped so no single company runs the show, for 0.50% a year.

Stated mandate

COLO COLO seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MSCI All Colombia Select 25/50 Index.

EWW The fund seeks to track an index composed of Mexican equities and provides targeted exposure to companies in Mexico.

Why people hold it

• COLO A pure Colombia play with history behind it: listed since 2009 and still tracking the country's equity market by holding the index itself.globalxetfs.com
• The benchmark applies MSCI's 25/50 capping rules, a guardrail on how far one issuer can stretch inside a basket of roughly two dozen names.globalxetfs.com
• No manager guesswork: it is passively run and fully replicates the index, and the adviser does not take defensive positions when the market falls.sec.gov

• EWW 0.50% a year, below the typical single-country emerging-market fund. Cheap is not the pitch here, but you are not paying a premium for the exposure.
• A billion-dollar-plus fund that trades actively, which is why it has long been the default way US investors get Mexico exposure in a brokerage account.
• The 25/50 index rules keep any one issuer from swallowing the portfolio, a real safeguard in a market where a handful of giants dominate the exchange.ishares.com
• Tracks its MSCI Mexico index tightly and ranks among the strongest builds in the single-country emerging-market group.

Worth knowing

• COLO At 0.62% a year it runs above the 0.59% median for single-country emerging market funds, and far above the cheapest of them (FLMX charges 0.19%).
• One country, a couple dozen stocks, and officially non-diversified: single-name, peso and political swings land with full force here.globalxetfs.com
• Assets are modest and trading is moderate by ETF standards, which usually means wider spreads than the giants of the single-country shelf.

• EWW About 40 stocks, one country, one currency. Peso moves and Mexican politics land straight in the return, with no diversification to soften them.
• FLMX tracks Mexico for 0.19%. If cost is the deciding factor, that gap is the trade-off against EWW's deeper trading and longer track record.
• Distributions come once or twice a year, not monthly. This is an equity exposure vehicle, not a steady income line.

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