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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and EWZ +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or EWZ?

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.

Across categories

AGG vs EWZ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to EWZ's +13.7%; 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 $10.3bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Brazil ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.1 points; AGG is 12.3 times larger.

AGG vs EWZ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	EWZ
Return
Measure	AGG	EWZ
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	EWZ
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	EWZ
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	EWZ
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$139.3bn	$11.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	EWZ
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		57.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and EWZ 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 EWZ

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 EWZ

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 8.54%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 8.45%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 8.42%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 8.20%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS 8.07%

BANCO BRADESCO PREF 3.39%

B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA 3.27%

WEG 3.13%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

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

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.59%

Holdings 13469 59

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $10.3bn

AGG and EWZ 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.

EWZ

EWZ tracks the MSCI Brazil. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested. 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 59 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 25.4% below its high of May 20, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or EWZ?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and EWZ +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or EWZ?: 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 ↗

EWZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWZ ↗

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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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