Want to Add Instant Diversification to Your Portfolio? Here's How VT and VWO Stack Up.

Key Points Vanguard Total World Stock ETF holds nearly 10,000 stocks across developed and emerging markets, providing broader diversification than the emerging-markets-focused Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF. Both Vanguard funds feature a very low 0.06% expense ratio, though Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF offers a higher trailing-12-month dividend yield. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF has delivered higher total returns over the last year and five years with a lower maximum drawdown.