Not exact matches
Since the
underlying holdings of VFV and VOO are
identical, you might expect the two funds to have the same dividend yield.
It's «almost»
identical because the fund will take a small management fee, you will have to pay annual taxes on capital gains (if you
hold the investment in a taxable account), and because the fund has to actually invest in the
underlying stocks, there will be small differences due to rounding and timing of the fund's trades.
This time we will assume two
identical ETFs with
identical underlying securities
held at
identical weights.
In fact, XIN uses EFA as its sole
underlying holding, so the two funds have
identical stock exposure.
For instance, if all the ETFs you own focus on large - cap U.S. stocks, you might find that the
underlying holdings on every one of those funds are almost
identical.