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£CS51
A Fund which aims to achieve a return on your investment, through a combination of capital growth and income on the Fund’s assets, which reflects the return of the EURO STOXX 50 Index, the Fund’s benchmark index (Index).
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£CS51
£VUAG
The Fund seeks to track the performance of the Standard and Poor's 500 Index (the Index). The Index is comprised of large-sized company stocks in the US. The Fund attempts to track the performance of the Index by investing in all constituent securities of the Index in the same proportion as the Index, where not practicable to fully replicate, the Fund will use a sampling process, and remain fully invested except in extraordinary market, political or similar conditions.
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£VUAG
Key takeaways
These funds track different benchmarks: £CS51 follows the EURO STOXX 50, which includes 50 of the largest listed companies in Europe, while £VUAG tracks the S&P 500, comprising 500 of the largest listed companies in the United States. They also differ in annual fund charges (£CS51: 0.1%, £VUAG: 0.07%) and fund size (£VUAG is larger than £CS51). Both funds reinvest dividends (accumulating funds) and trade on the London Stock Exchange, but they are managed by different companies (£CS51 by BlackRock and £VUAG by Vanguard).
Fund highlights
Fund name
iShares Core EURO STOXX 50
Vanguard S&P 500
Share currency
GBP
GBP
Base currency
EUR
USD
Use of income
Accumulating
Accumulating
Fund size
£4.4B
£18B
Beta
-
1.00
Last price
£172.87
£84.74
Annual fund charges
0.10%
0.07%
Benchmark
EURO STOXX 50
S&P 500
Risk
-
Ticker
£CS51
£VUAG
Trading on
LSE
LSE
Market data provided by CBOE Europe and Deutsche Börse.
Performance
CumulativeRolling yearsLump sum investment
£CS51
£VUAG
Past performance is no guarantee of future returns.
The “cumulative” calculation shows returns on a price basis (i.e. excluding dividends). If an instrument trades in a different currency from your home currency, currency fluctuations may affect returns.
Sector exposure
ChartTable
£CS51
£VUAG
Top holdings
Apple
6.96%
Microsoft
5.82%
NVIDIA
5.53%
Amazon
3.74%
Meta
2.63%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
2.04%
Alphabet Class A
1.88%
Broadcom
1.64%
Alphabet Class C
1.54%
Other
68.23%
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