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SPDR S&P Euro Dividend Aristocrats vs Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield (Acc)

SPDR S&P Euro Dividend Aristocrats tracks S&P Euro High Yield Dividend Aristocrats and Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield (Acc) tracks FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield. 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.

SPDR S&P Euro Dividend Aristocrats

S&P Euro High Yield Dividend Aristocrats

Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield (Acc)

FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield

Comparison

SPDR S&P Euro Dividend AristocratsVanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield (Acc)
IndexS&P Euro High Yield Dividend AristocratsFTSE All-World High Dividend Yield
TER0.30%0.29%
Hist. return*~6%~7%
ReplicationPhysicalPhysical
DistributionDistributingAccumulating
DomicileIrlandaIrlanda
CurrencyEURUSD
Risk4/74/7
ISINIE00B5M1WJ87IE00BK5BR626

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.

HorizonSPDR S&P Euro Dividend AristocratsVanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield (Acc)Difference
10 years€51,362€51,391€29
20 years€151,549€151,733€184
30 years€346,974€347,656€682

Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield (Acc) 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.

SPDR

SPDR S&P Euro Dividend Aristocrats

Vanguard

Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield (Acc)

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Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between SPDR S&P Euro Dividend Aristocrats and Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield (Acc)?+

They track different indices: SPDR S&P Euro Dividend Aristocrats follows S&P Euro High Yield Dividend Aristocrats and Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield (Acc) follows FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield. They also differ in cost (0.30% vs 0.29% 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?+

Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield (Acc) has the lower annual fee. Applying the same 7% gross return to both with €300/month, that fee gap alone is worth about €184 after 20 years — that part is arithmetic, not a forecast.

Accumulating or distributing?+

Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield (Acc) is accumulating (dividends are reinvested inside the fund) and SPDR S&P Euro Dividend Aristocrats 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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