ETF tracking World Value Small cap stocks?

Thanks for all the replies, I am already holding VT as 90% of my equities so I would like to overweight non-US. Ideally the ETF would be domiciled outside of the US too due to the estate tax.

I looked into the ETFs mentioned here:

AVDV looks very good, and overweights Japan which I want to get in but:

  • It is trading at 0.24% premium.
  • Has a 0.36% TER.
  • Domiciled in the US which has implication for the estate tax.

WSML

  • 0.36% TER and over-weights the US, but
  • EU domiciled
  • US companies tend not to pay dividends as often as non-US companies, which is good tax-wise.

AVEM Is emerging markets only so I am not too excited about it.

AVUV This looks like VBR with a higher TER and probably less liquidity given its managing $0.5B while VBR is managing $28.3B. I do not see why I would buy this one over VBR.

VIOV/SLYV Seem similar to VBR, they might be better choices. I do not know enough to judge.

Based on the above I will probably end up buying either WSML or AVDV. Thanks for suggesting Avantis, I did not know this company existed.

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