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When people talk about 'the US stock market', this is basically what they mean. You own tiny slices of the 500 biggest US companies — Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, Amazon. Around a quarter of your money goes to the top 10 names alone, so the fund leans heavily into US tech.

Owns roughly 3,000 companies across 24 emerging-market countries — China, Taiwan, India and Korea make up most of it, with smaller slices of Brazil, Saudi, Mexico and others. Higher growth potential than developed markets, but also bigger ups and downs.

Like the emerging-markets fund above, but with China and Hong Kong stripped out. Useful if you want exposure to growing economies but feel uneasy about Chinese political risk. India and Taiwan become much bigger pieces of the pie as a result.

One fund that owns about 1,500 large companies across 23 wealthy countries — the US, Europe, Japan, Australia and others. The US still dominates at roughly 70% of the fund because American companies are by far the most valuable. A solid 'one and done' core for a long-term portfolio.

Same idea as the Vanguard all-world fund — every major listed company on the planet, including both wealthy and emerging countries. This is the iShares version, on the London exchange in pence. Holdings overlap almost entirely with VWCE.

The sustainable version of the emerging-markets fund. Excludes oil giants like Aramco and PetroChina, plus weapons, tobacco, gambling and low-rated companies — keeping only the best environmental and social performers across emerging countries. Much smaller holding list than the standard EM fund.

A 'sustainable' version of the developed-world stock fund. It keeps only the companies with the best environmental and social ratings, while excluding weapons makers, tobacco, gambling, fossil fuels and other low-rated firms. Around 380 companies versus 1,500 in the standard world fund — so more concentrated.

Like an 'ethical S&P 500' — owns only the US companies with the best environmental and social ratings, while screening out weapons, tobacco, gambling, fossil fuels and similar. About 190 companies versus 500 in the standard S&P fund, so more concentrated.

Exactly the same idea as the iShares developed-world fund above — about 1,500 companies across 23 wealthy countries — just from a different provider (SPDR) and with a cheaper fee. Fewer years of trading history because it only launched in 2019.

The most diversified single equity fund you can buy on IBKR — about 3,700 companies across both wealthy AND emerging countries (China, India, Brazil and others included). One fund that genuinely covers 'the global stock market'. Trades in euros on the German exchange.

Asia-Pacific without Japan, but combining BOTH wealthy markets (Australia, HK, Singapore) AND emerging ones (China, India, Korea, Taiwan). A single fund for 'all of Asia minus Japan' — useful if you want broad Asia exposure without picking countries individually.

The 40 largest companies on the Paris exchange — LVMH, TotalEnergies, Sanofi, Airbus, L'Oréal. A concentrated single-country bet.

Wealthy Asia-Pacific countries minus Japan — mainly Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand. Heavy in Australian banks and miners (BHP, CBA), plus Hong Kong financials. A more stable slice of Asia than emerging markets.

Korean stocks — dominated by Samsung Electronics, plus SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution. Essentially a concentrated bet on Korean tech, memory chips and global manufacturing demand. Tied closely to the global tech cycle.

Only mainland-listed Chinese stocks — the ones traded in Shanghai and Shenzhen, mostly bought by domestic investors. Very different mix from the Hong Kong-listed Chinese stocks: more state-owned banks, liquor brands like Kweichow Moutai, and industrials.

Continental Europe only — same big companies as the broader Europe fund but with all UK names removed. Germany, France and Switzerland dominate. Useful if you want to control your UK weighting separately.

Saudi Arabian stocks — Saudi Aramco (the world's biggest oil company, capped at 20% of the fund), Al Rajhi Bank, STC, SABIC. Closely tied to oil prices and Saudi reform plans. The riyal is pegged to the US dollar, so currency-wise it behaves like USD for you.

About 430 large and medium-sized European companies including UK names — Nestlé, ASML, LVMH, Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca, Shell. A broad bet on Europe that mixes industrial powerhouses, luxury brands, pharma and energy.

The 100 biggest companies listed in London — Shell, BP, HSBC, AstraZeneca, Unilever and similar. Heavy in oil, banks and pharma. The UK market is generally seen as cheap but slow-growing, and pays out chunky dividends.

A bet on Chinese companies — Tencent, Alibaba, Meituan, BYD and others. Includes Chinese firms listed in Hong Kong, New York, and mainland China all together. Volatile and heavily influenced by Beijing's policy decisions.

A bet on India's biggest companies — Reliance, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Tata. India is one of the fastest-growing big economies, but the stock market is expensive by global standards and the rupee tends to weaken over time.

Roughly 200 Japanese companies — Toyota, Sony, Mitsubishi UFJ, Keyence, Tokyo Electron. Japan is a wealthy, well-run market that spent decades going nowhere but has been waking up lately as companies improve shareholder returns.

Brazilian stocks — mostly Vale (iron ore miner), Petrobras (oil), Itaú Unibanco and B3 (the Brazilian stock exchange). Performance rises and falls with commodity prices, particularly iron ore and oil. Big political swings can move it sharply too.

Mexican stocks — América Móvil (telecoms), Walmart de México, FEMSA (Coca-Cola bottler and convenience stores), Banorte. Often pitched as a 'nearshoring' play: as US companies move factories out of China, Mexico is the natural beneficiary.

Taiwanese stocks — and that mostly means TSMC, the chipmaker that makes about 90% of the world's cutting-edge processors. TSMC alone is nearly half the fund. Owning this is essentially a concentrated bet on global semiconductor demand and Taiwan staying out of conflict.

Vietnamese stocks — Vingroup, Vinhomes, Hoa Phat steel, Vietcombank, Masan consumer goods. Vietnam restricts foreign ownership, so this fund uses derivatives to track the market rather than holding the shares directly. That means extra counterparty risk on top of the usual frontier-market risks.

The 100 biggest companies on the US tech-heavy Nasdaq exchange — Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Meta, Google, Tesla. A more concentrated, more volatile, more growth-tilted bet than the S&P 500. Big winner in good years, brutal in tech downturns.

Same 100 US tech-and-growth giants as the iShares Nasdaq fund — Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, etc. The difference: this version pays the dividends out to you in cash rather than reinvesting them. Slightly less convenient if you're holding for the long term.

Companies selling things people want but don't need — cars (Tesla, Toyota), online retail (Amazon), luxury (LVMH), restaurants (McDonald's), home improvement (Home Depot). Does well in good times and badly in recessions when people cut back.

Oil and gas companies in wealthy countries — ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, BP. Performance follows the oil price up and down. Pays out dividends rather than reinvesting them.

Banks, insurance companies and asset managers across wealthy countries — JPMorgan, Berkshire Hathaway, Bank of America, HSBC, Visa, Mastercard. Tends to do well when interest rates are rising (banks earn more on loans) and badly in recessions.

Drug makers, biotech, medical-device companies and hospital chains across wealthy countries — Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth, Roche. Healthcare is generally considered a defensive sector: people need medicine in good times and bad.

Pure tech sector — the IT companies inside the developed-world index. Microsoft, Apple and Nvidia alone are about half the fund. Even more tech-concentrated than the Nasdaq 100. Launched in 2024, so very little price history.

Companies whose business benefits from the world getting older — drug makers, retirement-home operators, financial services for retirees, and consumer brands geared to older shoppers. Slow, demographic-driven theme rather than a hype trade.

The big defense contractors — Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, BAE Systems, Boeing, L3Harris. More US-tilted than the HANetf NATO fund. Listed in March 2023 so it caught the post-Ukraine rally early.

Water utilities and infrastructure companies — Veolia (waste and water services), American Water Works (US utility), Xylem (water-treatment equipment). Mix of boring-but-steady utilities and more volatile industrials. Water demand is a slow, structural growth story.

Online retail and the companies that power it — Amazon, Shopify, MercadoLibre, Alibaba, JD.com, plus logistics and payments players. Closely tracks consumer-spending sentiment and tech mood.

The gaming industry in one fund — Nintendo, Activision, EA, Take-Two, Tencent, Roblox, plus chip makers and esports broadcasters. Cyclical with gaming hardware launches and major game releases.

Cutting-edge healthcare — gene editing, surgical robots, AI drug discovery, personalized medicine. Smaller, more innovative companies than the boring broad healthcare fund. Big upside potential, much bigger swings.

The Chinese tech giants in one fund — Tencent (WeChat), Alibaba, Meituan, JD, Xiaomi, NetEase, Baidu, Kuaishou. All listed in Hong Kong. Very high upside potential, but Chinese regulators have repeatedly crushed these companies.

Companies in solar, wind, hydrogen and energy storage — First Solar, Enphase, Vestas, Orsted. Was a darling in 2020 and crashed hard in 2022-23 as interest rates rose (high rates hurt long-payback infrastructure projects). Volatile and rate-sensitive.

Same theme as the WisdomTree cyber fund — companies that defend against hacking — but with about 10 years of price history versus the newer alternative. Slightly broader holdings, higher fee, and pays dividends out rather than reinvesting.

Buy a tiny piece of shopping malls, office buildings, warehouses, data centres and apartment buildings worldwide. These companies (called REITs) collect rent and pay most of it out to you as dividends — usually 3-4% per year in cash.

Lithium miners (Albemarle, SQM) and battery makers (CATL, BYD, LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI). Performance follows lithium prices and electric-vehicle demand. Crashed brutally in 2023-24 as lithium prices collapsed; has yet to recover.

The luxury industry in one fund — LVMH, Hermès, Kering, Richemont, Estée Lauder, Ferrari. The thesis is that the wealthy keep getting richer and keep spending on premium brands. Heavily weighted toward European houses but includes US and Asian luxury too.

Weapons makers and defence contractors based in NATO countries — Lockheed Martin, RTX (Raytheon), Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Rheinmetall. Has surged since the Russia-Ukraine war as European countries rebuild their militaries. Launched in 2023, so limited history through tough times.

Broader take on the nuclear theme than pure uranium miners — includes utilities that run nuclear plants (Constellation, EDF) and companies making reactors and nuclear tech. Less of a pure commodity bet, slightly less volatile.

Companies building industrial robots, factory automation systems, and the software running them — Keyence, Fanuc, ABB, Intuitive Surgical (surgical robots), plus AI-adjacent industrials. Less concentrated and less hype-driven than pure AI funds.

Companies that design or manufacture computer chips — Nvidia, TSMC, ASML (makes the machines that make chips), Broadcom, AMD. Pure bet on the semiconductor industry, which powers everything from phones to AI. Spectacularly cyclical: massive gains in boom years, big drawdowns in busts.

Mining companies that dig up uranium for nuclear power plants — Cameco, Kazatomprom, NexGen Energy. Pure commodity-cycle exposure: prices and stocks have surged as nuclear power gets back into political favour. Tiny industry, big swings.

About 1,800 companies worldwide that pay above-average dividends — banks, oil majors, pharma giants, utilities. Built for steady cash income (around 3-4% per year) rather than fast growth. Skips most fast-growing tech that pays little in dividends.

Companies protecting governments and businesses from cyber attacks — CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, Fortinet, Cloudflare. Narrower and more pure-play than the older cyber fund. Cybersecurity demand keeps growing because the bad guys keep getting more sophisticated.

Cloud-software companies — but specifically the smaller, faster-growing ones like Snowflake, Datadog, CrowdStrike, MongoDB. NOT the mega-caps like Microsoft or Amazon (those are in the broad indexes). Much more volatile because smaller cloud names trade on growth expectations.

A mix of companies involved in artificial intelligence — chipmakers like Nvidia, AI-software firms, and companies using AI in their products. Less focused than a pure chip fund. Volatile and prone to hype cycles.

The space economy — satellite companies (SES, Iridium), rocket and launch providers, defense aerospace, ground equipment makers. Tiny fund, smaller companies, big bets on a not-yet-mature industry.

Bonds, not stocks. When you own this, you're lending money to thousands of governments and big companies around the world, who pay you back with interest. Lower expected return than stocks, but also smaller ups and downs — typically used to smooth out a portfolio. Pays out the interest as cash quarterly.

Backed by real gold bars sitting in London vaults. The price moves with the gold price. Gold tends to hold up or even rise during stock-market crashes and inflation scares, which is why people use it as portfolio insurance. Doesn't pay any dividends — gold just sits there.