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iShares MSCI Germany ETF

EWG
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Mar 12, 1996
Expense Ratio
0.5%
Type
Global Ex. US Equities
Fund Owner
Blackrock (iShares)
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$63,690,297
AUM
$1,475,245,557
Associated Index
MSCI Germany index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus

Top 10 Holdings

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Sap SE
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Siemens AG - Registered Shares
8.54%
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Allianz SE - Registered Shares
7.89%
DTE
Deutsche Telekom AG - Registered Shares
5.62%
MBG
Mercedes-Benz Group AG
4.55%
MUV2
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG - Registered Shares
4.32%
BAYN
Bayer AG - Registered Shares
3.95%
IFX
Infineon Technologies AG
3.46%
DHL
Deutsche Post AG - Registered Shares
3.28%
BAS
Basf SE
3.25%

What is EWG?

The iShares MSCI Germany ETF seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance before fees and expenses of publicly traded securities in the German market as measured by the MSCI Germany Index.

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EWG
Performance Measures**

for the time period Mar 21, 1996 to Dec 4, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return: 2.0%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 1-month period.

3M Trailing Return: -0.5%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 3-month period.

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown: -67.6%

The greatest percent loss from peak to trough in value over the time period.

Standard Deviation: 25.4%

The typical amount that daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio: 0.36

The annualized arithmetic mean of the daily returns divided by the annualized standard deviation of the daily returns for the selected time period.

Calmar Ratio: 0.09

The annualized return divided by the max drawdown for the selected time period.

ETFs related toEWG

ETFs correlated to EWG include EZU, FEZ, VGK

EWG
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI Germany ETF
EZU
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI EMU ETF
FEZ
SSgA Active Trust - SPDR EURO Stoxx 50 ETF
VGK
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
IEUR
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF
BBEU
J.P.Morgan Investment Management Inc. - JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF
SPEU
SSgA Active Trust - SPDR Portfolio Europe ETF
IEV
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Europe ETF
ESGD
iShares Trust - iShares Trust iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
EFA
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
IEFA
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

What is ETF correlation?

Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.

Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.

Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction

ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:

  • Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
  • Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
  • Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.

Trading Strategies
Related toEWG

Aggressive Battleship III/ Sort WM 74

Category

Tactical allocation, trend-following, momentum rotation, multi-asset, leveraged ETFs, crash-hedge, commodities tilt, daily rebalanced

OOS Cumulative Return

147.42%

FTLT V5 W/ Frontrunner V4 + Aggressive Battleship V2 WM74

Category

Trend-following, momentum, mean-reversion, volatility hedge, leveraged/inverse ETFs, tactical allocation, commodities, daily rebalancing

OOS Cumulative Return

137.85%

Create your own algorithmic trading strategy with EWG using Composer

FAQ

EWG is a Global Ex. US Equities ETF. The iShares MSCI Germany ETF seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance before fees and expenses of publicly traded securities in the German market as measured by the MSCI Germany Index.

EWG tracks the MSCI Germany index.

No, EWG is not actively managed. It is passively managed. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.

Yes, EWG is passively managed. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested.

The 1-month return on EWG is -0.0279%. This is the percent change in the value of EWG over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on EWG is -0.0523%. This is the percent change in the value of EWG over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of EWG for the past year is 0.2168%. Standard deviation is the typical amount that the daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

ETFs similar to EWG include EWZ, EWW, and EWT.

ETFs correlated to EWG include EZU, FEZ, and VGK.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to EWG include EPV, EFZ, and SH.

Disclaimers

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