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EWY vs GLDM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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EWY is an equity index fund and GLDM a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWY returned +79.7% against +2.8%.

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Net assets: $24.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI South Korea ETF, and $30.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust.

EWY on its own →GLDM on its own →
At a glance
+79.7%
EWY total return, 1 year
+2.8%
GLDM total return, 1 year
0.59%
EWY expense ratio
0.10%
GLDM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GLDM costs 0.49 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 76.9 points; GLDM is 1.4 times larger.

EWY vs GLDM: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureEWYGLDM
Return
Total return, 1 year+79.7%+2.8%
Drawdown
Below its high24.3%, high on Jun 18, 202624.5%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI Korea 25/50 Daily 25 Capped IndexGold
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.59%0.10%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026$22.5bn$30.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
In the S&P 500, by weight0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund60.9%

Method

Side by side

EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF GLDM SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust
Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks the MSCI South Korea Holds gold
Total return, 1 year +79.7% +2.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +2.5% (GLD)
Gap to its benchmark +63.4 pts vs EEM +0.3 pts vs GLD
Expense ratio 0.59% 0.10%
Holdings 78 not counted
Net assets, EWY as of Oct 28, 2026 and GLDM as of Oct 27, 2026 $24.4bn $30.6bn

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

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About each fund
EWY

EWY tracks the MSCI South Korea. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +79.7% 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 78 positions, with the top ten at 60.9%. It sat 24.3% below its high of Jun 18, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

GLDM

Its expense ratio is 0.10% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLDM holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +2.5% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.5% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWY or GLDM?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWY returned +79.7% and GLDM +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, EWY or GLDM?
GLDM is cheaper, by 0.49 percentage points a year. That is about $49 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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EWY on its own →GLDM on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →EWY dividend history →EWY holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
EWY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
EWY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for EWY ↗
State Street website ↗

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