Which returned more over the last year, EDV or EWJ?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and EWJ returned +26.5%, so EWJ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, EDV or EWJ?

EDV charges 0.05% a year and EWJ charges 0.49%, so EDV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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EDV vs EWJ: how they differ

EDV and EWJ hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and EWJ returned more over the year.

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund and iShares MSCI Japan ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EDV and EWJ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in EDV	Only in EWJ
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.82%	MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 4.70%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.76%	TOYOTA MOTOR 3.41%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.72%	SOFTBANK GROUP 3.04%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.70%	SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 3.01%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.68%	ADVANTEST 2.98%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.65%	TOKYO ELECTRON 2.82%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.60%	HITACHI 2.75%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.57%	KIOXIA HOLDINGS 2.68%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

EDV and EWJ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund	EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	iShares
What it is	Extended Duration Treasury	MSCI Japan
Total return, 1 year	−10.8%	+26.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−28.3 pts	+9.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.49%
Holdings	82	171

EDV in plain words

EDV is a bond fund tracking the Extended Duration Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −10.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 57.3% below its high of Mar 9, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

EWJ in plain words

EWJ is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI Japan. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +26.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 171 positions, with the top ten at 30.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EDV or EWJ?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and EWJ returned +26.5%, so EWJ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, EDV or EWJ?: EDV charges 0.05% a year and EWJ charges 0.49%, so EDV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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