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BWET vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and IXUS an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +14.1%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $57.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

BWET on its own →IXUS on its own →
At a glance
+5,121.7%
BWET total return, 1 year
+14.1%
IXUS total return, 1 year
4.68%
BWET expense ratio
0.07%
IXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 4.61 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5107.6 points; IXUS is far larger, $57.0bn against $166m.

BWET vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETIXUS
Return
Total return, 1 year+5,121.7%+14.1%
Drawdown
Below its high11.2%, high on Oct 8, 20264.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksTanker freight futuresMSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Cost and size
Expense ratio4.68%0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 23, 2026$166m$57.0bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
In the S&P 500, by weight0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund13.5%

Method

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Breakwave iShares
What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock
Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +14.1%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.3% (ACWX)
Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs ACWX
Expense ratio 4.68% 0.07%
Holdings not counted 4584
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 $178m $57.6bn

BWET and IXUS 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.

IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 4,584 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or IXUS?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and IXUS +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or IXUS?
IXUS is cheaper, by 4.61 percentage points a year. That is about $461 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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Where to next
BWET on its own →IXUS on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IXUS dividend history →IXUS holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
Breakwave page for BWET ↗
IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for IXUS ↗

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