Which returned more over the last year, AGG or EWT?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and EWT +69.9%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or EWT?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AGG vs EWT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to EWT's +69.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $139.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $12.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 71.3 points; AGG is 11.8 times larger.

AGG vs EWT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	EWT
Return
Measure	AGG	EWT
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+69.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	EWT
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	EWT
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	EWT
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$11.8bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	EWT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		47.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and EWT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG EWT

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AGG

BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY 3.02%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.39%

TREASURY NOTE 0.38%

Only in EWT

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 22.12%

MEDIATEK 6.03%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 3.31%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 3.25%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 2.86%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 2.54%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.04%

ELITE MATERIAL 1.88%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks the MSCI Taiwan

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +69.9%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +16.3% (EEM)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ +53.6 pts vs EEM

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.59%

Holdings 13469 79

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $12.0bn

AGG and EWT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

EWT

EWT tracks the MSCI Taiwan. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +69.9% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 47.7%. It sat 7.7% below its high of Oct 5, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or EWT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and EWT +69.9%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or EWT?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWT ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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