Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BWET vs USFR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and USFR a bond index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +4.1%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $17.0bn on May 31, 2026 for WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund.

At a glance
+5,121.7%
BWET total return, 1 year
+4.1%
USFR total return, 1 year
4.68%
BWET expense ratio
0.15%
USFR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

USFR costs 4.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5117.6 points.

BWET vs USFR: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETUSFR
Return
Total return, 1 year+5,121.7%+4.1%
Drawdown
Below its high11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksTanker freight futuresBloomberg U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Bond Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio4.68%0.15%
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and USFR as of May 31, 2026$178m$17.0bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Risk and return

May 12, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 180 weekly returns
BWET USFR
Return
Total return edge BWET +5,753.7% +17.1%
Annualized edge BWET +224.0% +4.7%
Price return edge BWET +5,753.7% +0.2%
Risk
Volatility edge USFR 87.4% 0.2%
Max drawdown edge USFR −55.9% 0.0%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge BWET 1.71 −0.03
Sortino edge BWET 3.72 −0.04
Reading

BWET returned more: +5,753.7% to +17.1%. USFR swung less: 0.2% to 87.4%. USFR fell less at its worst: 0.0% to −55.9%.

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Risk and return: BWET vs USFR: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETUSFREdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+5,753.7%+17.1%BWETPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+224.0%+4.7%BWETTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+5,753.7%+0.2%BWETPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility87.4%0.2%USFRSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation40.2%0.1%USFRLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−55.9%0.0%USFRDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.71−0.03BWETReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino3.72−0.04BWETReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.

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 USFR WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund
Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF
What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks an index of Floating Rate Treasury
Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +4.1%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured +4.0% (TFLO)
Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs TFLO
Expense ratio 4.68% 0.15%
Holdings not counted 4
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and USFR as of May 31, 2026 $178m $17.0bn

BWET and USFR 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.

USFR

USFR tracks an index of Floating Rate Treasury. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.1% with distributions reinvested, against +4.0% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or USFR?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and USFR +4.1%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or USFR?
USFR is cheaper, by 4.53 percentage points a year. That is about $453 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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