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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and JNK +1.7%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or JNK?

JNK 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 prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWT vs JNK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to JNK's +1.7%; 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 $5.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+1.7%

JNK total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.40%

JNK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

JNK costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 68.2 points; EWT is 2.0 times larger.

EWT vs JNK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	JNK
Return
Measure	EWT	JNK
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+1.7%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	JNK
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	JNK
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	Bloomberg High Yield Very Liquid Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	JNK
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.40%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$5.9bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	JNK
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 JNK 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 JNK

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 JNK

1261229 BC LTD SR SECURED 144A 04/32 10 0.65%

MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC SR SECURED 144A 04/31 6.25 0.53%

QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC SR SECURED 144A 03/32 6.375 0.46%

ECHOSTAR CORP SR SECURED 11/29 10.75 0.45%

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP SR UNSECURED 144A 04/32 9.25 0.44%

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP SR UNSECURED 144A 04/34 9.75 0.43%

PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 SR SECURED 144A 05/31 6.5 0.42%

VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC SR SECURED 144A 02/29 9.5 0.42%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF JNK State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +1.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM +3.1 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.40%

Holdings 79 1142

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and JNK as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $5.9bn

EWT and JNK 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.

JNK

JNK tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or JNK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and JNK +1.7%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or JNK?: JNK 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 prospectus.

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Sources and dates

EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWT ↗

JNK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JNK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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