| EWY | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +291.2% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +14.6% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +30.7% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.48 |
| Deepest drawdown | -49.7% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2021-01-08 → 2022-09-30 |
| Fee (annual expense ratio) | 0.59% |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 1.09% (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 +291.2% in total (+14.6% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -49.7% from 2021-01-08 to 2022-09-30. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-26.6%), its best 2025 (+95.4%).
| Year | EWY |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +92.5% |
| 2025 | +95.4% |
| 2024 | -20.5% |
| 2023 | +19.1% |
| 2022 | -26.6% |
| 2021 | -7.6% |
| 2020 | +39.4% |
| 2019 | +7.9% |
| 2018 | -20.4% |
| 2017 | +45.0% |
| 2016 | -6.8% |
+291.2% in total, which works out to +14.6% 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 -26.6% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2025 (+95.4%).
-49.7%, from a peak on 2021-01-08 to a trough on 2022-09-30. From that trough it took 1116 days (about 36.7 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 1.09% 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.
0.59% 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 EWY 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 -49.7% 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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