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VXUS vs IXUS
Vanguard Total International Stock ETF against iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF: 4 years of returns, risk and today’s technical read, from Kavout’s own data.
IXUS did better over the period: $1,000 invested on Oct 28, 2022 grew to $1,957 versus $1,944 for VXUS, a 95.7% versus 94.4% total return. IXUS also led across the 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, YTD, 1-year, and 3-year periods, although the differences were small. Its edge likely matters mainly to cost-conscious investors: VXUS has the lower 0.05% expense ratio versus IXUS at 0.07%, while IXUS’s stronger results indicate that its portfolio implementation slightly outweighed the fee disadvantage. Risk was nearly identical: 12-month volatility was 17.4% for IXUS versus 17.1% for VXUS, and worst drawdown was -13.8% versus -13.6%, respectively. With 0.998 daily correlation, the funds provide essentially the same market exposure; the choice is therefore a modest performance-versus-fee trade-off.
- Price is below its 200-day average ($83); 50-day at $86.
- RSI 35, neutral. Supertrend says sell. ADX 22, so the trend is developing.
- Price is below its 200-day average ($93); 50-day at $96.
- RSI 36, neutral. Supertrend says sell. ADX 22, so the trend is developing.
Head to head
Which has returned more, VXUS or IXUS?
VXUS beat IXUS in 19 of the last 48 months; IXUS won the other 29. The typical monthly gap was 0.08 points.
Total return by period
Which is riskier?
Both: Mar 19, 2025 to Apr 8, 2025
- 0.998
- correlation of daily moves, 4 years
- 0.99
- VXUS move per 1% in IXUS
- 0.999
- correlation, last 12 months
Month by month
Of the last 48 months. The typical gap was 0.08 points.
When did they diverge?
| Month | VXUS | IXUS | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | -0.8% | -0.5% | -0.30 pts |
| April 2025 | +2.8% | +3.0% | -0.23 pts |
| December 2024 | -2.9% | -2.7% | -0.21 pts |
| July 2024 | +2.6% | +2.4% | +0.21 pts |
Where the numbers come from. 1000 daily adjusted closes per fund from the Kavout market-data API, dividends included. Signals and indicators are Kavout’s own, refreshed nightly. Every figure is calculated from those adjusted closes.
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