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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, EWZ 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 EWZ and VT overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EWZ vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ returned +13.7% to VT's +13.5%; 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

EWZ total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.59%

EWZ expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points; VT is 9.5 times larger.

EWZ vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	VT
Return
Measure	EWZ	VT
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	EWZ	VT
Below its high	25.4%, high on May 20, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	EWZ	VT
What it tracks	MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	EWZ	VT
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.6bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	EWZ	VT
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%	22.5%

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

Risk and return

Jul 3, 2008 to Oct 23, 2026 · 955 weekly returns

EWZ VT

Return

Total return edge VT +13.5% +371.6%

Annualized edge VT +0.7% +8.8%

Price return edge VT −48.7% +221.4%

Risk

Volatility edge VT 33.8% 18.3%

Max drawdown edge VT −73.7% −48.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge VT 0.15 0.48

Sortino edge VT 0.21 0.66

Calmar edge VT 0.01 0.18

Reading

VT returned more: +371.6% to +13.5%. VT swung less: 18.3% to 33.8%. VT fell less at its worst: −48.3% to −73.7%.

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Risk and return: EWZ vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EWZ	VT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+13.5%	+371.6%	VT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+0.7%	+8.8%	VT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−48.7%	+221.4%	VT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	33.8%	18.3%	VT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	23.6%	13.1%	VT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−73.7%	−48.3%	VT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.15	0.48	VT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.21	0.66	VT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.01	0.18	VT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 955 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 8.54% 0.04%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS 8.07% 0.03%

B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA 3.27% 0.01%

AXIA ENERGIA SA 3.08% 0.01%

BANCO BRADESCO PREF 3.39% 0.01%

WEG 3.13% 0.01%

EMBRAER 2.80% 0.01%

AMBEV SA 2.99% 0.01%

EQUATORIAL SA 1.75% 0.01%

XP CLASS A INC 1.37% 0.01%

BANCO DO BRASIL SA 1.23% 0.01%

LOCALIZA RENT A CAR 1.18% 0.01%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in EWZ

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 8.45%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 8.42%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 8.20%

BCO BTG PACTUAL UNT SA 2.94%

COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DE 2.56%

ITAUSA INVESTIMENTOS ITAU PREF SA 2.49%

PETRO RIO 2.40%

BB SEGURIDADE SA 1.27%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.62%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +13.7% +13.5%

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 54.7%

Holdings 59 10194

Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $10.3bn $81.8bn

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

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EWZ and VT do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. EWZ follows MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index and VT follows FTSE Global All Cap Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
Number of holdings. EWZ holds 59 positions and VT holds 10194.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

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, EWZ or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ 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 EWZ and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EWZ and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

EWZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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