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BWET vs ILF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and ILF an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +17.2%.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $178m for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF and $3.5bn for iShares Latin America 40 ETF.

At a glance
+5,121.7%
BWET total return, 1 year
+17.2%
ILF total return, 1 year
4.68%
BWET expense ratio
0.47%
ILF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ILF costs 4.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5104.5 points; ILF is 19.7 times larger.

BWET vs ILF: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETILF
Return
Total return, 1 year+5,121.7%+17.2%
Drawdown
Below its high11.2%, high on Oct 8, 202613.7%, high on Oct 12, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksTanker freight futuresS&P Latin America 40
Cost and size
Expense ratio4.68%0.47%
Net assets$178m$3.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
In the S&P 500, by weight0%
Holdings datedOct 27, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund55.6%

Method

Risk and return

May 12, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 180 weekly returns
BWET ILF
Return
Total return edge BWET +5,753.7% +76.0%
Annualized edge BWET +224.0% +17.7%
Price return edge BWET +5,753.7% +47.9%
Risk
Volatility edge ILF 87.4% 19.8%
Max drawdown edge ILF −55.9% −23.3%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge BWET 1.71 0.69
Sortino edge BWET 3.72 1.07
Calmar edge BWET 4.01 0.76
Reading

BWET returned more: +5,753.7% to +76.0%. ILF swung less: 19.8% to 87.4%. ILF fell less at its worst: −23.3% to −55.9%.

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Risk and return: BWET vs ILF: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETILFEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+5,753.7%+76.0%BWETPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+224.0%+17.7%BWETTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+5,753.7%+47.9%BWETPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility87.4%19.8%ILFSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation40.2%12.8%ILFLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−55.9%−23.3%ILFDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.710.69BWETReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino3.721.07BWETReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar4.010.76BWETAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 180 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF ILF iShares Latin America 40 ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF
What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks an index of Latin America 40
Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +17.2%
Expense ratio 4.68% 0.47%
Holdings not counted 46
Net assets $178m $3.5bn

BWET and ILF 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.

ILF

ILF tracks an index of Latin America 40. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% 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 46 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%. It sat 13.7% below its high of Oct 12, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or ILF?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and ILF +17.2%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or ILF?
ILF is cheaper, by 4.21 percentage points a year. That is about $421 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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