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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and TLT −7.9%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or TLT?

TLT 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 TLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to TLT's −7.9%; 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 $47.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

−7.9%

TLT total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.15%

TLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

TLT costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 77.8 points; TLT is 4.0 times larger.

EWT vs TLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	TLT
Return
Measure	EWT	TLT
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	−7.9%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	TLT
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026	42.6%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	TLT
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	TLT
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$47.4bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	TLT
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 TLT 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 TLT

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 TLT

TREASURY BOND 4.32%

TREASURY BOND 4.12%

TREASURY BOND (OLD) 4.07%

TREASURY BOND 4.02%

TREASURY BOND 3.93%

TREASURY BOND 3.92%

TREASURY BOND 3.89%

TREASURY BOND 3.88%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF TLT iShares 20+ 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 20+ year Treasuries

Total return, 1 year +69.9% −7.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) −7.8% (BBLB)

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM −0.1 pts vs BBLB

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.15%

Holdings 79 47

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and TLT as of Oct 27, 2026 $12.0bn $47.4bn

EWT and TLT 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.

TLT

TLT tracks an index of 20+ year Treasuries. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −7.9% with distributions reinvested, against −7.8% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 42.6% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or TLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and TLT −7.9%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or TLT?: TLT 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 ↗

TLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for TLT ↗

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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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