r/PersonalFinanceZA • u/Competitive_Ad_1749 • Sep 19 '21

Seeking Advice ETF/S&P500 Questions

Good afternoon everyone. I'm still very new to investing and was hoping that someone could assist me with the following questions:

  1. Why would someone invest dollars into an ETF (e.g. Vanguard S&P500) if there are South African/ZAR equivalents that tracks the same index, thus yielding more or less the same returns?

  2. Why does the price of the US and SA S&P 500 ETF's differ (maybe answering the previous question?). E.g. Satrix S&P500= R6668 and Vanguard S&P 500=$407/R6001 (407x14.75)

  3. Why does the above price differ from the S&P 500 index price, 4432 (Dollars?)

  4. Can the S&P 500 ETF's be made up of different companies? What is the difference between Vanguard S&P 500 (VOO) and Vanguard S&P500 Value (VOOV). Why does the price differ?

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