Which returned more over the last year, BWET or VEA?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5129.6% and VEA returned +24.5%, so BWET returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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

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BWET vs VEA: how they differ

BWET is a commodity fund and VEA an equity index fund, and over the year BWET returned more, +5129.6% against +24.5%.

Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF and Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund.

BWET and VEA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF	VEA Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Breakwave	Vanguard
What it is	Tanker Shipping	Developed markets ex US
Total return, 1 year	+5129.6%	+24.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+5112.1 pts	+7.0 pts
Expense ratio	not published	0.03%
Holdings	not filed	3870

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.

VEA in plain words

VEA is an index equity fund tracking the Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +24.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3870 positions, with the top ten at 13.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or VEA?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5129.6% and VEA returned +24.5%, so BWET returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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