# UK vs US ETFs - US always seem to be better value

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**Created:** [14 January 2022 19:07 UTC](https://community.investengine.com/t/uk-vs-us-etfs-us-always-seem-to-be-better-value/108 "2022-01-14T19:07:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![BuyNHold](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.investengine.com/buynhold/32/42_2.png) [@BuyNHold](https://community.investengine.com/u/BuyNHold)\
**Post date:** [14 January 2022 19:07 UTC](https://community.investengine.com/t/uk-vs-us-etfs-us-always-seem-to-be-better-value/108/1 "2022-01-14T19:07:10Z")

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**UK Market -** - We only seem to have iShares & Vanguard + a few others HSBC, Invesco etc

**US Market -** - Thousand of ETFs and far more fund manager + US ETFs are always a lot cheaper

Example - UK ETF vs US ETF - Both from S&P 500 from Vanguard but the UK one has more 2x the annual charge. Thinking I need to open a US Investment account

UK Vanguard S&P 500  
[https://www.vanguardinvestor.co.uk/investments/vanguard-s-and-p-500-ucits-etf-usd-distributing](https://www.vanguardinvestor.co.uk/investments/vanguard-s-and-p-500-ucits-etf-usd-distributing)  
US Vanguard S&P 500  
[https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/VOO](https://investor.vanguard.com/etf/profile/VOO)

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**Author:** ![ETFinvestor](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.investengine.com/etfinvestor/32/30_2.png) [@ETFinvestor](https://community.investengine.com/u/ETFinvestor)\
**Post date:** [17 January 2022 11:24 UTC](https://community.investengine.com/t/uk-vs-us-etfs-us-always-seem-to-be-better-value/108/2 "2022-01-17T11:24:58Z")

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I don’t think you can open a US investment account being a UK resident? I opened an account with Interactive Brokers and they made me sign up with their UK subsidiary…

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**Author:** ![shrimper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@shrimper](https://community.investengine.com/u/shrimper)\
**Post date:** [28 January 2022 20:39 UTC](https://community.investengine.com/t/uk-vs-us-etfs-us-always-seem-to-be-better-value/108/3 "2022-01-28T20:39:51Z")

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There are cheaper SP500 ETF’s in the UK than the Vanguard UK one. Just use a different provider!

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**Author:** ![jamesc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jamesc](https://community.investengine.com/u/jamesc)\
**Post date:** [29 January 2022 16:01 UTC](https://community.investengine.com/t/uk-vs-us-etfs-us-always-seem-to-be-better-value/108/4 "2022-01-29T16:01:08Z")

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Just ETF is a good comparison site, check out [https://www.justetf.com/uk/etf-profile.html?query=IE00B3XXRP09&groupField=index&from=search&isin=IE00B3XXRP09#chart](https://www.justetf.com/uk/etf-profile.html?query=IE00B3XXRP09&groupField=index&from=search&isin=IE00B3XXRP09#chart), scroll to the bottom and it shows the alternatives.

Also check out [Synthetic vs Physical ETFs](https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/061614/synthetic-vs-physical-etfs.asp) Because cheaper ones tend to Synthetic and it worth while know the potential risks.

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**Author:** ![Womble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Womble](https://community.investengine.com/u/Womble)\
**Post date:** [31 January 2022 09:46 UTC](https://community.investengine.com/t/uk-vs-us-etfs-us-always-seem-to-be-better-value/108/5 "2022-01-31T09:46:03Z")

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Differences in tracking error/performance are generally far greater than a couple of basis point on the TER…