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SPDR S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats vs Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield

SPDR S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats tracks S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats and Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield 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 Global Dividend Aristocrats

S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats

Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield

FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield

Comparison

SPDR S&P Global Dividend AristocratsVanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield
IndexS&P Global Dividend AristocratsFTSE All-World High Dividend Yield
TER0.45%0.29%
Hist. return*~6%~7%
ReplicationPhysicalPhysical
DistributionDistributingDistributing
DomicileIrlandaIrlanda
CurrencyUSDUSD
Risk4/74/7
ISINIE00B9CQXS71IE00B8GKDB10

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 Global Dividend AristocratsVanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend YieldDifference
10 years€50,936€51,391€455
20 years€148,820€151,733€2,913
30 years€336,925€347,656€10,730

Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield 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 Global Dividend Aristocrats

Vanguard

Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield

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Frequently asked questions

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

They track different indices: SPDR S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats follows S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats and Vanguard FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield follows FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield. They also differ in cost (0.45% 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 has the lower annual fee. Applying the same 7% gross return to both with €300/month, that fee gap alone is worth about €2,913 after 20 years — that part is arithmetic, not a forecast.

Accumulating or distributing?+

Both are distributing, so on this point there is no difference between them.

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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