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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, EWT or VTIP?

VTIP is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWT vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWT returned +69.9% to VTIP's +2.2%; 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 $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

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At a glance

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 67.7 points; VTIP is 1.7 times larger.

EWT vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	VTIP
Return
Measure	EWT	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+69.9%	+2.2%
Drawdown
Measure	EWT	VTIP
Below its high	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EWT	VTIP
What it tracks	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWT	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$12.3bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	EWT	VTIP
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 Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Oct 26, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026 · 730 weekly returns

EWT VTIP

Return

Total return edge EWT +645.3% +35.7%

Annualized edge EWT +15.4% +2.2%

Price return edge EWT +315.9% −2.1%

Risk

Volatility edge VTIP 20.2% 2.3%

Max drawdown edge VTIP −38.2% −5.5%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge EWT 0.72 0.17

Sortino edge EWT 1.05 0.22

Calmar edge Tie 0.40 0.40

Reading

EWT returned more: +645.3% to +35.7%. VTIP swung less: 2.3% to 20.2%. VTIP fell less at its worst: −5.5% to −38.2%.

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Risk and return: EWT vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWT	VTIP	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+645.3%	+35.7%	EWT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.4%	+2.2%	EWT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+315.9%	−2.1%	EWT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	20.2%	2.3%	VTIP	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.8%	1.7%	VTIP	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−38.2%	−5.5%	VTIP	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.72	0.17	EWT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.05	0.22	EWT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.40	0.40	Tie	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 730 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWT and VTIP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EWT VTIP

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 VTIP

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.22%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.14%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.97%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.96%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.87%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%

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Side by side

EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI Taiwan Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year +69.9% +2.2%

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% 0.03%

Holdings 79 26

Net assets, EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $12.0bn $20.9bn

EWT and VTIP on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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EWT and VTIP do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. EWT follows MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index and VTIP follows Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 EWT returned +69.9% and VTIP +2.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 67.7 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

VTIP

VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWT or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWT returned +69.9% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, EWT or VTIP?: VTIP is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 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) ↗

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VTIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTIP ↗

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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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