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BWET vs TIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and TIP a bond index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against −1.0%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $14.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares TIPS Bond ETF.

At a glance
+5,121.7%
BWET total return, 1 year
−1.0%
TIP total return, 1 year
4.68%
BWET expense ratio
0.18%
TIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

TIP costs 4.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5122.7 points; TIP is far larger, $14.6bn against $186m.

BWET vs TIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETTIP
Return
Total return, 1 year+5,121.7%−1.0%
Drawdown
Below its high11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksTanker freight futuresICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio4.68%0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026$186m$14.6bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Risk and return

May 12, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 180 weekly returns
BWET TIP
Return
Total return edge BWET +5,753.7% +8.9%
Annualized edge BWET +224.0% +2.5%
Price return edge BWET +5,753.7% −2.9%
Risk
Volatility edge TIP 87.4% 4.4%
Max drawdown edge TIP −55.9% −5.3%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge BWET 1.71 −0.46
Sortino edge BWET 3.72 −0.62
Calmar edge BWET 4.01 0.47
Reading

BWET returned more: +5,753.7% to +8.9%. TIP swung less: 4.4% to 87.4%. TIP fell less at its worst: −5.3% to −55.9%.

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Risk and return: BWET vs TIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETTIPEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+5,753.7%+8.9%BWETPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+224.0%+2.5%BWETTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+5,753.7%−2.9%BWETPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility87.4%4.4%TIPSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation40.2%3.3%TIPLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−55.9%−5.3%TIPDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.71−0.46BWETReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino3.72−0.62BWETReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar4.010.47BWETAnnualized 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 TIP iShares TIPS Bond ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF
What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks an index of TIPS Bond
Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% −1.0%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured −0.8% (VTP)
Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs VTP
Expense ratio 4.68% 0.18%
Holdings not counted 48
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and TIP as of Oct 27, 2026 $178m $14.6bn

BWET and TIP 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.

TIP

TIP tracks an index of TIPS Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against −0.8% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or TIP?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and TIP −1.0%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or TIP?
TIP is cheaper, by 4.50 percentage points a year. That is about $450 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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