UBS S&P 500 Equal Weight SF UCITS ETF USD acc

What this fund is

UBS S&P 500 Equal Weight SF UCITS ETF USD acc is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from UBS, traded under the ticker S5EQ (ISIN IE0008GBXCA4). In a single purchase you get a diversified basket of holdings rather than a stake in just one business. In plain terms it is about owning small slices of companies, so you share in their growth when they do well — and their falls when they don't, spread across its target market. It passively tracks the S&P 500 Equal Weight index — mirroring that market instead of paying a manager to pick winners, which keeps costs low.

It is commonly used to tilt a portfolio towards one market, usually alongside broader, more global funds rather than on its own. Its ongoing charge (TER) is 0.12% a year — about €12 a year on a €10,000 holding, taken automatically from the fund. It is an accumulating share class: dividends are rolled straight back in, compounding your returns rather than landing in your account as cash. It tracks its index through a swap agreement rather than owning every holding (synthetic replication); it is domiciled in Ireland and UCITS-regulated, a European standard built to protect everyday investors and trades in USD.

Its price has swung about 24.2% over the past year — a gauge of how much the value moves, not a judgement of quality. It launched in 2025. As with any investment, its value can go down as well as up, and past performance is not a guide to future results. (Fund data sourced from UBS.)