Which returned more over the last year, EMB or SIVR?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMB returned −0.4% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, EMB or SIVR?

SIVR is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EMB vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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EMB is a bond index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against −0.4%.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $13.2bn for iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF and $3.7bn for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

−0.4%

EMB total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.39%

EMB expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SIVR costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.4 points; EMB is 3.6 times larger.

EMB vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EMB	SIVR
Return
Measure	EMB	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	−0.4%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	EMB	SIVR
Below its high	3.5%, high on Jun 29, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EMB	SIVR
What it tracks	J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	EMB	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.39%	0.30%
Net assets	$13.2bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	EMB	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Risk and return

Jul 31, 2009 to Oct 23, 2026 · 899 weekly returns

EMB SIVR

Return

Total return edge SIVR +116.7% +267.1%

Annualized edge SIVR +4.6% +7.8%

Price return edge SIVR −5.0% +267.1%

Risk

Volatility edge EMB 9.2% 31.0%

Max drawdown edge EMB −27.9% −74.7%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge EMB (slight) 0.37 0.35

Sortino edge SIVR (slight) 0.49 0.51

Calmar edge EMB 0.16 0.10

Reading

SIVR returned more: +267.1% to +116.7%. EMB swung less: 9.2% to 31.0%. EMB fell less at its worst: −27.9% to −74.7%.

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Risk and return: EMB vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EMB	SIVR	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+116.7%	+267.1%	SIVR	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+4.6%	+7.8%	SIVR	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−5.0%	+267.1%	SIVR	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	9.2%	31.0%	EMB	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	6.9%	21.3%	EMB	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−27.9%	−74.7%	EMB	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.37	0.35	EMB (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.49	0.51	SIVR (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.16	0.10	EMB	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 899 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

EMB iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares abrdn

What it is Tracks the J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Holds silver

Total return, 1 year −0.4% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.39% 0.30%

Holdings 622 not counted

Net assets $13.2bn $3.7bn

EMB and SIVR on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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EMB and SIVR do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. EMB follows J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core Index and SIVR follows Silver.
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 EMB returned −0.4% and SIVR +15.0% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 15.4 points.
Size. EMB has $13.2bn in net assets and SIVR $3.7bn (Net assets); EMB is 3.6 times larger.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

EMB

EMB tracks the J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −0.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. It sat 3.5% below its high of Jun 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

SIVR

Its expense ratio is 0.30% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SIVR holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMB or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMB returned −0.4% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, EMB or SIVR?: SIVR is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

EMB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EMB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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