Avoiding the transaction costs more than makes up for
the slightly higher expense ratios.
While many do have
slightly higher expense ratios than their developed - market peers — a reflection of the higher cost of investing in these markets — that is not always the case.
It has
a slightly higher expense ratio, but it will rollover automatically to VTSAX when you hit $ 10k.
It has
a slightly higher expense ratio, but they automatically transfer you to VTSAX when you hit $ 10k.
It has
a slightly higher expense ratio, but it will rollover automatically to VTSAX when you hit $ 10k.
It has
a slightly higher expense ratio, but they automatically transfer you to VTSAX when you hit $ 10k.
VTSMX is the same as VTSAX, but with a lower minimum requirement ($ 3k) and
a slightly higher expense ratio.
Vanguard's option boasts
a slightly higher expense ratio of 0.18 %, but consists of over 6000 companies compared to IXUS's 3300 +.
Not exact matches
iShares sports the lowest
expense ratio (all funds have an
expense ratio of only 0.10 %), while Guggenheim's funds offer a little better liquidity,
slightly higher yield (for a number of reasons, as we discuss below) and diversity from a larger number of holdings and by including financial companies in their holdings.
We use management fees, rather than the
slightly higher management
expense ratios (MER), for ease of comparison.