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EWZ vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EWZ returned +13.7% to VTIP's +2.2%; 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 $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

EWZ on its own →VTIP on its own →
At a glance
+13.7%
EWZ total return, 1 year
+2.2%
VTIP total return, 1 year
0.59%
EWZ expense ratio
0.03%
VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points; VTIP is 2.4 times larger.

EWZ vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureEWZVTIP
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.7%+2.2%
Drawdown
Below its high25.4%, high on May 20, 2008
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI Brazil 25/50 IndexBloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.59%0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$8.6bn$20.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund57.5%

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, EWZ 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 EWZ VTIP
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 VTIP
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.22%
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

EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil 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 Brazil Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities
Total return, 1 year +13.7% +2.2%
Expense ratio 0.59% 0.03%
Holdings 59 26
Net assets, EWZ as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $10.3bn $20.9bn

EWZ and VTIP 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.

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, EWZ or VTIP?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EWZ returned +13.7% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, EWZ 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
EWZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
EWZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for EWZ ↗
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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