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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and FXI −19.1%.

Which is cheaper, BWET or FXI?

FXI is cheaper, by 3.95 percentage points a year. That is about $395 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BWET vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and FXI an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against −19.1%.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $178m for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF and $3.7bn for iShares China Large-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+5,121.7%

BWET total return, 1 year

−19.1%

FXI total return, 1 year

4.68%

BWET expense ratio

0.73%

FXI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

FXI costs 3.95 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5140.8 points; FXI is far larger, $3.7bn against $178m.

BWET vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BWET	FXI
Return
Measure	BWET	FXI
Total return, 1 year	+5,121.7%	−19.1%
Drawdown
Measure	BWET	FXI
Below its high	11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026	32.7%, high on Feb 17, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	BWET	FXI
What it tracks	Tanker freight futures	FTSE China 50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	BWET	FXI
Expense ratio	4.68%	0.73%
Net assets	$178m	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	BWET	FXI
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Holdings dated		Oct 27, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		58.4%

Method

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Breakwave iShares

What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks an index of China Large-Cap

Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% −19.1%

Expense ratio 4.68% 0.73%

Holdings not counted 51

Net assets $178m $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

BWET

Its expense ratio is 4.68%, for the year to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-K states.

BWET holds tanker freight futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +5,121.7% with distributions reinvested. It sat 11.2% below its high of Oct 8, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

FXI

FXI tracks an index of China Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −19.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.73% 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 51 positions, with the top ten at 58.4%. It sat 32.7% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or FXI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and FXI −19.1%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or FXI?: FXI is cheaper, by 3.95 percentage points a year. That is about $395 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

Breakwave page for BWET ↗

FXI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FXI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for FXI ↗

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