| EWG | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +106.4% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +7.5% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +19.7% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.38 |
| Deepest drawdown | -46.8% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2018-01-23 → 2020-03-18 |
| Fee (annual expense ratio) | 0.50% |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 1.98% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +106.4% in total (+7.5% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -46.8% from 2018-01-23 to 2020-03-18. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-22.2%), its best 2025 (+35.8%).
| Year | EWG |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.5% |
| 2025 | +35.8% |
| 2024 | +9.8% |
| 2023 | +23.4% |
| 2022 | -22.2% |
| 2021 | +5.8% |
| 2020 | +10.1% |
| 2019 | +19.2% |
| 2018 | -21.4% |
| 2017 | +27.4% |
| 2016 | +3.1% |
+106.4% in total, which works out to +7.5% a year over the 10 years to 2026-09-29. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2022 — its calendar-year return was -22.2% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2025 (+35.8%).
-46.8%, from a peak on 2018-01-23 to a trough on 2020-03-18. From that trough it took 358 days (about 11.8 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 1.98% of its share price (as of 2026-09-29). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
0.50% a year, and it is already deducted from every return figure on this page. A fund charges it inside the fund rather than billing you, which is why fee differences show up as a smaller final balance, not as a line item.
It does not say EWG is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -46.8% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.
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