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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.53 percentage points a year. That is about $53 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EWT and VT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EWT vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to VT's +13.5%; 3% 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 56.4 points; VT is 6.7 times larger.

EWT vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	VT
Return
Measure	EWT	VT
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	VT
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	VT
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	VT
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$12.3bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	VT
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	47.7%	22.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWT and VT hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWT VT

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 22.12% 1.62%

MEDIATEK 6.03% 0.19%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 3.25% 0.10%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 3.31% 0.08%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 2.86% 0.06%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.04% 0.04%

ELITE MATERIAL 1.88% 0.04%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 2.54% 0.03%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING 1.87% 0.03%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING 1.70% 0.03%

ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS 1.72% 0.03%

CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING 1.39% 0.03%

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Only in EWT

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 1.84%

HONPRECISION INC 0.65%

TAIWAN COOPERATIVE FINANCIAL HOLDI 0.64%

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL 0.57%

VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCT 0.53%

SINOPAC FIN HOLDINGS CO LTD DUMMY 0.01%

FTSE TAIWAN NOV 26 0.00%

PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE 0.00%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

Alphabet Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +13.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +53.6 pts vs EEM not measured

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 54.7%

Holdings 79 10194

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $12.0bn $81.8bn

EWT and VT 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.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.53 percentage points a year. That is about $53 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EWT and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWT and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWT ↗

VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VT ↗

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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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