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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and IEI −1.1%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or IEI?

IEI is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWT vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to IEI's −1.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $12.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF, and $17.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

−1.1%

IEI total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.15%

IEI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEI costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 71.0 points; IEI is 1.4 times larger.

EWT vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	IEI
Return
Measure	EWT	IEI
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	−1.1%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	IEI
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	IEI
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	IEI
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$17.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	IEI
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWT and IEI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWT IEI

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EWT

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 22.12%

MEDIATEK 6.03%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 3.31%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 3.25%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 2.86%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 2.54%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.04%

ELITE MATERIAL 1.88%

Only in IEI

TREASURY NOTE 2.95%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 2.36%

TREASURY NOTE 2.31%

TREASURY NOTE 2.29%

TREASURY NOTE 2.27%

TREASURY NOTE 2.25%

TREASURY NOTE 2.20%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +69.9% −1.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM not measured

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.15%

Holdings 79 82

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and IEI as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $17.0bn

EWT and IEI 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.

IEI

IEI tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or IEI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and IEI −1.1%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or IEI?: IEI is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWT ↗

IEI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEI ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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