Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or IEI?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and IEI −1.1%.

Which is cheaper, EWZ or IEI?

IEI 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

EWZ vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ returned +13.7% to IEI's −1.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $10.3bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Brazil ETF, and $17.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

−1.1%

IEI total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

0.15%

IEI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEI costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.8 points; IEI is 1.5 times larger.

EWZ vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	IEI
Return
Measure	EWZ	IEI
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	−1.1%
Drawdown
Measure	EWZ	IEI
Below its high	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	EWZ	IEI
What it tracks	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWZ	IEI
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$11.3bn	$17.0bn
Holdings
Measure	EWZ	IEI
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EWZ and IEI 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 EWZ IEI

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EWZ

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 8.54%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 8.45%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 8.42%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 8.20%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS 8.07%

BANCO BRADESCO PREF 3.39%

B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA 3.27%

WEG 3.13%

Only in IEI

TREASURY NOTE 2.95%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 2.36%

TREASURY NOTE 2.31%

TREASURY NOTE 2.29%

TREASURY NOTE 2.27%

TREASURY NOTE 2.25%

TREASURY NOTE 2.20%

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Side by side

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI Brazil Tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +13.7% −1.1%

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.15%

Holdings 59 82

Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and IEI as of Oct 27, 2026 $10.3bn $17.0bn

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

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About each fund

EWZ

EWZ tracks the MSCI Brazil. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested. 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 59 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 25.4% below its high of May 20, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

IEI

IEI tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EWZ or IEI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and IEI −1.1%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ or IEI?: IEI 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

EWZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWZ ↗

IEI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEI ↗

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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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