EWW vs UAE

EWWAiShares MSCI Mexico ETF

UAECiShares MSCI UAE ETF

In short

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.

UAE A one-ticker slice of the Emirati stock market. It tracks a capped MSCI index of roughly 60 UAE companies, so no single name can swallow the fund, and it has been doing that job since 2014.

Stated mandate

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

UAE The Fund seeks to track the MSCI All UAE Capped Index, an index of UAE equities, using representative sampling rather than attempting to outperform the index.

Why people hold it

• 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.

• UAE One ticker, one market: UAE-listed equities in a standard US fund that tracks the MSCI All UAE Capped Index instead of picking stocks.ishares.com
• The word 'capped' is doing work. The index limits how large any single holding can grow, spreading the bet across roughly 60 names.ishares.com
• At 0.59% it sits right at the middle of the single-country emerging-market pack, the same sticker as iShares' Poland (EPOL) and South Africa (EZA) funds.
• A decade-plus as a plain index tracker: representative sampling of the benchmark, no manager discretion bolted on.

Worth knowing

• 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.

• UAE 0.59% is real money next to broad emerging-market index funds, and cheaper single-country options exist (Franklin's Mexico fund, FLMX, charges 0.19%).
• About 60 stocks from a single country. Results ride on a narrow set of companies and on what happens in the UAE economy.
• Volume is moderate rather than deep and the fund is mid-sized, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than on giant US index funds. Payouts come once or twice a year.

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