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iShares MSCI Belgium ETF

EWK
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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)
$122,767
AUM
$19,826,401
Associated Index
MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus

Top 10 Holdings

ABI
Beam Inc
22.79%
1AE
Argen X SE
14.54%
KBC
Kontron AG
7.9%
SOLB
Solvay SA - 0.50% BD REDEEM 06/09/2029 EUR 100000
4.52%
UCB
United Community Banks Inc
4.44%
EAI
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA
4.25%
AGS
Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG
3.89%
UMI
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Limited
2.88%
DIE
Dierig Holding AG
2.45%
WDP
Walt Disney Co (The)
2.44%

What is EWK?

The iShares MSCI Belgium 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 Belgian market as measured by the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index.

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EWK
Performance Measures**

for the time period Mar 22, 1996 to Dec 4, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return: 3.9%

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

3M Trailing Return: 6.6%

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

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown: -74.1%

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

Standard Deviation: 23.7%

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: 0.30

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: 0.06

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

ETFs related toEWK

ETFs correlated to EWK include IEUR, SPEU, VGK

EWK
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI Belgium ETF
IEUR
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF
SPEU
SSgA Active Trust - SPDR Portfolio Europe ETF
VGK
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF
BBEU
J.P.Morgan Investment Management Inc. - JPMorgan BetaBuilders Europe ETF
IEV
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Europe ETF
EZU
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI EMU ETF
EWG
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI Germany ETF
ESGD
iShares Trust - iShares Trust iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF
GSIE
Goldman Sachs ETF Trust - Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta International Equity ETF
RODM
Lattice Strategies Trust - Hartford Multifactor Developed Markets (ex-US) 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 toEWK

CQ_Developed Volatility Hedge ⚖️

Category

Global equities, developed markets, inverse-volatility, volatility targeting, country allocation, daily rebalancing

OOS Cumulative Return

26.44%

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Category

Global equities, Momentum, Country rotation, ETF, Trend following, Daily rebalance, Long-only

OOS Cumulative Return

16.98%

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FAQ

EWK is a Global Ex. US Equities ETF. The iShares MSCI Belgium 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 Belgian market as measured by the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index.

EWK tracks the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index.

No, EWK 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, EWK 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 EWK is -0.0294%. This is the percent change in the value of EWK over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on EWK is -0.0032%. This is the percent change in the value of EWK over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of EWK for the past year is 0.1866%. 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 EWK include EWZ, EWW, and EWT.

ETFs correlated to EWK include IEUR, SPEU, and VGK.

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

Disclaimers

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