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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or SIVR?

SIVR is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 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 SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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EWT is an equity index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% against +15.0%.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $12.0bn for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF and $3.7bn for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SIVR costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 54.9 points; EWT is 3.2 times larger.

EWT vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	SIVR
Return
Measure	EWT	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	SIVR
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	SIVR
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.30%
Net assets	$12.0bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Holdings dated	Oct 27, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%

Method

Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares abrdn

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.30%

Holdings 79 not counted

Net assets $12.0bn $3.7bn

EWT and SIVR 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.

SIVR

Its expense ratio is 0.30% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SIVR holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or SIVR?: SIVR is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 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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