EIDO vs EWW

EIDODiShares MSCI Indonesia ETF

EWWAiShares MSCI Mexico ETF

In short

EIDO Indonesia, packaged. Since 2010 EIDO has tracked an MSCI index that runs from Jakarta's big banks down to small caps, with issuer caps that stop any one giant from swallowing the fund.

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

EIDO The fund seeks to track an index composed of Indonesian equities, providing targeted exposure to companies in Indonesia.

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

Why people hold it

• EIDO Trading since 2010 and actively traded today, it's an established US-listed way to own Indonesian stocks directly rather than through a broad emerging markets blend.ishares.com
• Its index follows MSCI's 25/50 rules: no single issuer above 25%, and all 5%-plus positions capped at 50% combined. A real guardrail in a market led by a few banks.msci.com
• IMI means investable market: roughly 70 large, mid and small caps, not just the two or three megacaps foreign investors usually reach for.ishares.com

• 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

• EIDO 0.59% a year is the median for single-country emerging market ETFs, not the bargain end. The cheapest in that group, Franklin's FLMX, charges 0.19% (for Mexico).
• One country, one currency. Rupiah moves and local policy land straight in the price, and it has been among the more volatile funds in its single-country peer group.ishares.com
• On our overall read it lands in the lower half of the single-country emerging market group, mostly on that volatility plus a middle-of-the-road fee.

• 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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