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EWT vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to SPY's +13.6%; 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 $814.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

EWT on its own →SPY on its own →
At a glance
+69.9%
EWT total return, 1 year
+13.6%
SPY total return, 1 year
0.59%
EWT expense ratio
0.09%
SPY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPY costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 56.3 points; SPY is far larger, $814.8bn against $11.8bn.

EWT vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureEWTSPY
Return
Total return, 1 year+69.9%+13.6%
Drawdown
Below its high7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI Taiwan 25/50 IndexS&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.59%0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$11.8bn$814.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund47.7%38.1%

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, EWT and SPY 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 SPY
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 SPY
NVIDIA CORP 7.92%
APPLE INC 7.61%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.93%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%
ALPHABET INC CL A 2.83%
BROADCOM INC 2.45%
ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.06%
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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +69.9% +13.6%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +13.7% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM −0.1 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.59% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.8%
Holdings 79 504
Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $814.8bn

EWT and SPY 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.

SPY

SPY tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.6% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or SPY?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and SPY +13.6%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or SPY?
SPY is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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EWT on its own →SPY on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →EWT dividend history →EWT holdings →SPY dividend history →SPY holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for EWT ↗
SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
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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