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EWY GLD \n Expense ratio 0.59% 0.40% \n Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026 $22.5bn $134.6bn \n Total return, 1 year +79.7% +2.5% \n What it tracks","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, EWY against GLD, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/ewy-vs-gld","a":{"ticker":"EWY","name":"iShares MSCI South Korea ETF","issuer":"iShares","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"EWY tracks the MSCI South Korea and returned +79.7% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ewy","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+79.7%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.59%","as_of":"2025-12-19","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Dec 19, 2025"},{"label":"Holdings","value":"78","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"the issuer\u2019s daily holdings file"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u221224.3%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"2.2%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid annually), ex-date Dec 16, 2025","value":"$2.0371","as_of":"2025-12-16","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$24.4bn","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"GLD","name":"SPDR Gold Shares","issuer":"State Street","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"GLD holds gold and returned +2.5% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/gld","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+2.5%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.40%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":null},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u221224.7%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$135.8bn","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"The price of gold, measured by IAU, which also holds gold","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/ewy-vs-gld"}