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World tracker that trackers all stocks

Is there a world equity tracker that tracks all markets across the world (EM / Developed) in their correct proportion, including small caps? I think Vanguard trackers have a higher proportion of UK investments, I am looking for something that would result in a share of almost every traded stock in the known universe.
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  • ColdIron
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    Vanguard's trackers track indexes just like everyone else's. You might be confusing them with their LifeStrategy product which is a fund of trackers where they have set the allocations themselves. It is not a tracker itself
  • intowhere
    intowhere Posts: 77 Forumite
    I was reading that vanguards trackers have a higher % of the UK stockmarket, (25% of the equity investments of any vanguard lifestyle fund is invested in the UK, whereas the UK stock market just represents 8% of the total vaule of the world stock market). I am looking at something that tracks all the stocks in all of the world, in their correct proportions.
  • intowhere
    intowhere Posts: 77 Forumite
    This is what I need to track --

    MSCI ACWI All Cap Index: Covers more than 14,000 securities and includes large, mid, small and micro-cap size segments for all developed markets countries plus large, mid and small-cap size segments for emerging markets.
  • ChesterDog
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    I don't think it's as important as you might think, including the small caps of each market.

    They would have such a small presence in the total index that their performance would be barely felt unless something quite spectacularly odd happened to small caps globally.
    I am one of the Dogs of the Index.
  • Morphoton
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    Does the ETF SSAC from iShares do what you want ? It does not seem to have full replication of 14000 stocks but holds 1134 stocks and has as its benchmark the MSCI ACWI.
    See:
    https://www.ishares.com/uk/individual/en/products/251850/ishares-msci-acwi-ucits-etf
    My only comment for an ETF it seems a bit expensive at 0.60% TER.
  • dunstonh
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    intowhere wrote: »
    I was reading that vanguards trackers have a higher % of the UK stockmarket, (25% of the equity investments of any vanguard lifestyle fund is invested in the UK, whereas the UK stock market just represents 8% of the total vaule of the world stock market). I am looking at something that tracks all the stocks in all of the world, in their correct proportions.

    The Vanguard Lifestrategy funds are not trackers.

    If you want a tracker then you should stick with trackers and not a multi-asset fund. Vanguard trackers do track their respective areas.
    I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.
  • A_T
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    Vanguard FTSE Global All Cap Index Fund seems to be the closest thing that I can find to a fund that attempts to track everything. It has 4881 stocks.
  • coyrls
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    Morphoton wrote: »
    Does the ETF SSAC from iShares do what you want ? It does not seem to have full replication of 14000 stocks but holds 1134 stocks and has as its benchmark the MSCI ACWI.
    See:
    https://www.ishares.com/uk/individual/en/products/251850/ishares-msci-acwi-ucits-etf
    My only comment for an ETF it seems a bit expensive at 0.60% TER.

    SPDR MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF https://www.trustnet.com/Factsheets/Factsheet.aspx?fundCode=05FTH&univ=E&typeCode=F05TH follows the same index with an OCF of 0.4%
  • IanManc
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    intowhere wrote: »
    I was reading that vanguards trackers have a higher % of the UK stockmarket, (25% of the equity investments of any vanguard lifestyle fund is invested in the UK, whereas the UK stock market just represents 8% of the total vaule of the world stock market). I am looking at something that tracks all the stocks in all of the world, in their correct proportions.

    No, Vanguard world / global trackers don't have 25% invested in the UK - they wouldn't be trackers if they did that.

    The Vanguard Global All Cap Index tracker has 6.08% invested in the UK.

    As dunstonh has pointed out, Vanguard Lifestrategy funds are not trackers.
  • pinkllama
    pinkllama Posts: 119 Forumite
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    Yes, Vanguard FTSE Global All Cap Index Fund Is the closest to what you’re looking for. Cheap as well.
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