EWC vs EWN

EWCAiShares MSCI Canada ETF

EWNBiShares MSCI Netherlands ETF

In short

EWC A 1996 original: Canada's large and mid caps in one ticker, back when single-country funds were still a novelty. About 80 names, held through a capped MSCI index built so one giant can't swamp the basket.

EWN One ticker for the Amsterdam market: roughly 60 Dutch stocks, large-cap down to small, with capping rules that keep any single giant from swallowing the fund. Running since 1996.

Stated mandate

EWC The fund seeks to track an index representing Canadian equities, providing exposure to large- and mid-sized companies in Canada.

EWN The fund seeks to track a broad-based index of Dutch equities.

Why people hold it

• EWC Running since 1996, which makes it one of the oldest US-listed ETFs still trading, and it is a multi-billion-dollar fund today.
• Tracks the MSCI Canada Custom Capped Index closely, one of the tighter index-following records in its single-country developed peer group.ishares.com
• Actively traded with among the easiest fills in its peer group, so the cost of getting in and out stays modest.
• The capped index trims outsized single-name weights, so roughly 80 holdings stay a basket rather than a wager on two or three giants.ishares.com

• EWN Full-market reach: the index spans large, mid and small caps traded mainly on the Amsterdam exchange, not just the blue-chip handful.sec.gov
• Built-in guardrail: no single issuer may exceed 25% of the index, and issuers above 5% cannot top 50% combined.sec.gov
• Trading since 1996, an ETF-industry original, and it still does one plain job: Dutch equities, no hedges, no tilts.
• Sits in the upper half of the developed single-country group: mainstream MSCI index, a mid-sized asset base and steady volume.

Worth knowing

• EWC At 0.50%, the fee sits right at the median for single-country developed funds, and cheaper Canada exposure exists: BBCA runs 0.19%.
• One country, about 80 stocks: a concentrated slice of the world, with Canadian dollar moves riding along in your US-dollar return.ishares.com
• Distributions land once or twice a year rather than monthly or quarterly, so income arrives in lumps.

• EWN The 0.50% fee matches the typical developed single-country fund, though cohort peers like FLKR and FLAU run 0.09%.
• One country, about 60 names, and a cap that still allows one issuer near a quarter of the fund. Concentrated by design.sec.gov
• Cash comes annually or semiannually rather than monthly, and returns ride the euro since the holdings trade in Amsterdam.sec.gov

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