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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and EWT returned +84.9%, so EWT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, EDV or EWT?

EDV charges 0.05% a year and EWT charges 0.59%, 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 EWT: how they differ

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

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EDV and EWT 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 EWT
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.82%	TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 22.07%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.76%	MEDIATEK 7.03%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.72%	DELTA ELECTRONICS 3.53%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.70%	HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 3.28%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.68%	ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 2.79%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.65%	UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 2.09%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.60%	ELITE MATERIAL 2.08%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.57%	NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 2.04%

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 EWT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund	EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	iShares
What it is	Extended Duration Treasury	MSCI Taiwan
Total return, 1 year	−10.8%	+84.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−28.3 pts	+67.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.59%
Holdings	82	78

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.

EWT in plain words

EWT is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI Taiwan. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +84.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% 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 78 positions, with the top ten at 48.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EDV or EWT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and EWT returned +84.9%, so EWT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, EDV or EWT?: EDV charges 0.05% a year and EWT charges 0.59%, so EDV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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