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EWT vs GLDM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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EWT is an equity index fund and GLDM a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% against +2.8%.

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Net assets: $12.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF, and $30.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust.

EWT on its own →GLDM on its own →
At a glance
+69.9%
EWT total return, 1 year
+2.8%
GLDM total return, 1 year
0.59%
EWT expense ratio
0.10%
GLDM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GLDM costs 0.49 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 67.1 points; GLDM is 2.6 times larger.

EWT vs GLDM: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureEWTGLDM
Return
Total return, 1 year+69.9%+2.8%
Drawdown
Below its high7.7%, high on Oct 5, 202624.5%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI Taiwan 25/50 IndexGold
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.59%0.10%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$11.8bn$30.6bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
In the S&P 500, by weight0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund47.7%

Method

Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF GLDM SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust
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% +2.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +2.5% (GLD)
Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM +0.3 pts vs GLD
Expense ratio 0.59% 0.10%
Holdings 79 not counted
Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and GLDM as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $30.6bn

EWT and GLDM 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.

GLDM

Its expense ratio is 0.10% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLDM holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +2.5% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.5% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or GLDM?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and GLDM +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or GLDM?
GLDM is cheaper, by 0.49 percentage points a year. That is about $49 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) ↗
iShares page for EWT ↗
State Street website ↗

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