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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BWET vs TLT: how they differ

BWET is a commodity fund and TLT a bond index fund, and over the year BWET returned more, +5129.6% against −6.4%.

Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF and iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF.

BWET and TLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BWET
Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF
TLT
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerBreakwaveiShares
What it isTanker Shipping20+ year Treasuries
Total return, 1 year+5129.6%−6.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+5112.1 pts−23.9 pts
Expense rationot published0.15%

BWET in plain words

BWET is a commodity fund tracking the Tanker Shipping. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +5129.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100.

TLT in plain words

TLT is a bond fund tracking the 20+ year Treasuries. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −6.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 42.9% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or TLT?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5129.6% and TLT returned −6.4%, so BWET returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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BWET against TLT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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