| EWW | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +92.9% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +6.8% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +24.0% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.28 |
| Deepest drawdown | -53.6% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2017-08-25 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 3.42% (as of 2026-09-29) |
| Rebalancing (from its prospectus) | Quarterly |
Rebalancing: per the fund's prospectus summary, its index is rebalanced quarterly. That schedule is set by the index provider, not by a view on where the market is going — and it says nothing about how often you should rebalance a portfolio; that side is covered in how often index funds rebalance.
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +92.9% in total (+6.8% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -53.6% from 2017-08-25 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2024 (-28.2%), its best 2025 (+53.7%).
| Year | EWW |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +5.4% |
| 2025 | +53.7% |
| 2024 | -28.2% |
| 2023 | +40.4% |
| 2022 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | +20.3% |
| 2020 | -3.1% |
| 2019 | +12.6% |
| 2018 | -14.6% |
| 2017 | +14.5% |
| 2016 | -9.2% |
+92.9% in total, which works out to +6.8% 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.
2024 — its calendar-year return was -28.2% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2025 (+53.7%).
-53.6%, from a peak on 2017-08-25 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 725 days (about 23.8 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 3.42% 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.
It does not say EWW 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 -53.6% 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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