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Fidelity S&P 500 Index Fund P-ACC-EUR vs HSBC MSCI USA Quality

Fidelity S&P 500 Index Fund P-ACC-EUR tracks S&P 500 and HSBC MSCI USA Quality tracks MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality. They are realistic alternatives for the same slot in a portfolio, but because the indices are different nobody can tell you in advance which will return more. What can be compared objectively is the cost, the replication method, the domicile and how each one is structured — and that is what this page does.

What each one tracks

This is the underlying difference: they do not follow the same index, so their returns will diverge.

Fidelity S&P 500 Index Fund P-ACC-EUR

S&P 500

HSBC MSCI USA Quality

MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality

Comparison

Fidelity S&P 500 Index Fund P-ACC-EURHSBC MSCI USA Quality
IndexS&P 500MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality
TER0.06%0.15%
Hist. return*~10%~10%
ReplicationPhysicalPhysical
DistributionAccumulatingDistributing
DomicileIrlandaIrlanda
CurrencyEURUSD
Risk4/74/7
ISINIE00BYX5MX67IE00B5WFQ436

What the fee gap actually costs

Applying the SAME 7% gross return to both and contributing €300/month, the only thing moving the result is the TER. This is not a return forecast: it is how much the fee weighs.

HorizonFidelity S&P 500 Index Fund P-ACC-EURHSBC MSCI USA QualityDifference
10 years€52,054€51,793€261
20 years€156,042€154,339€1,703
30 years€363,780€357,370€6,410

Fidelity S&P 500 Index Fund P-ACC-EUR is the cheaper of the two. Remember they track different indices: cost is one factor, not the verdict.

Nobody can know which will perform better: they track different indices and past performance is not a prediction. What is objective today is the cost, the replication, the domicile and the distribution policy.

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Fidelity S&P 500 Index Fund P-ACC-EUR

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Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Fidelity S&P 500 Index Fund P-ACC-EUR and HSBC MSCI USA Quality?+

They track different indices: Fidelity S&P 500 Index Fund P-ACC-EUR follows S&P 500 and HSBC MSCI USA Quality follows MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality. They also differ in cost (0.06% vs 0.15% TER), replication (physical vs physical) and domicile (Irlanda vs Irlanda).

Which one will perform better?+

Nobody can know that: they track different indices, so their returns will diverge, and past index performance is not a prediction. What you can control today is the cost, the tax structure and whether the index actually covers what you want exposure to.

Which one is cheaper?+

Fidelity S&P 500 Index Fund P-ACC-EUR has the lower annual fee. Applying the same 7% gross return to both with €300/month, that fee gap alone is worth about €1,703 after 20 years — that part is arithmetic, not a forecast.

Accumulating or distributing?+

Fidelity S&P 500 Index Fund P-ACC-EUR is accumulating (dividends are reinvested inside the fund) and HSBC MSCI USA Quality is distributing (dividends are paid out to you). For long-term compounding in Spain, accumulating usually defers taxation; distributing gives you income you are taxed on each year.

Can I hold both?+

Yes. Unlike two funds tracking the identical index, these give you genuinely different exposure, so holding both is not automatically redundant — just be aware you may end up overlapping on the largest companies and doubling your rebalancing work.

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