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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and PDBC +55.6%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or PDBC?

Neither: EWT and PDBC both charge 0.59% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWT vs PDBC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to PDBC's +55.6%; 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 $8.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+55.6%

PDBC total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.59%

PDBC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.59% a year; their one-year returns differ by 14.3 points; EWT is 1.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

EWT vs PDBC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	PDBC
Return
Measure	EWT	PDBC
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+55.6%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	PDBC
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	PDBC
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	PDBC
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$8.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	PDBC
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 PDBC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWT PDBC

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 PDBC

POWERSHARES CAYMAN FUND 19.37%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF PDBC Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +55.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +54.6% (DBC)

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM +1.0 pts vs DBC

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.59%

Holdings 79 1

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and PDBC as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $8.0bn

EWT and PDBC 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.

PDBC

PDBC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +55.6% with distributions reinvested, against +54.6% for its benchmark, the DBIQ Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Index Excess Return.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or PDBC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and PDBC +55.6%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or PDBC?: Neither: EWT and PDBC both charge 0.59% 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 ↗

PDBC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PDBC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for PDBC ↗

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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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