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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and GLD +2.5%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or GLD?

GLD is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWT vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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EWT is an equity index fund and GLD a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% against +2.5%.

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Net assets: $12.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF, and $135.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GLD costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 67.4 points; GLD is 11.5 times larger.

EWT vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	GLD
Return
Measure	EWT	GLD
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+2.5%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	GLD
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	GLD
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	GLD
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.40%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$135.8bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	GLD
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%

Method

Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF GLD SPDR Gold Shares

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +2.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +2.7% (IAU)

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM −0.2 pts vs IAU

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.40%

Holdings 79 not counted

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $135.8bn

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

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About each fund

EWT

EWT tracks the MSCI Taiwan. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +69.9% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 47.7%. It sat 7.7% below its high of Oct 5, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

GLD

Its expense ratio is 0.40% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLD holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.5% with distributions reinvested, against +2.7% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.7% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or GLD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and GLD +2.5%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or GLD?: GLD is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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