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iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

EWY
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
May 9, 2000
Expense Ratio
0.57%
Type
Global Ex. US Equities
Fund Owner
Blackrock (iShares)
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$193,229,974
AUM
$3,641,656,621
Associated Index
MSCI Korea 25/50 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus
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What is EWY?

The iShares MSCI South Korea 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 South Korean market as measured by the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index.

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Performance Measures**

for the time period May 12, 2000 to Dec 4, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return: -4.1%

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

3M Trailing Return: 25.7%

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: 32.3%

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: 0.38

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: 0.10

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

ETFs related toEWY

ETFs correlated to EWY include KORU, EMXC, XCEM

EWY
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
KORU
Direxion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X Shares
EMXC
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - IShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF
XCEM
Columbia ETF Trust II - Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF
FRDM
EA Series Trust - Alpha Architect Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF
AVEM
American Century ETF Trust - Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF
DFAE
Dimensional ETF Trust - Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF
GEM
Goldman Sachs ETF Trust - Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF
DFEM
Dimensional ETF Trust - Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF
XSOE
WisdomTree Trust - WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Fund
IEMG
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets 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
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Global ex-US equities, emerging markets, factor investing, regional tilts, quarterly rebalancing

OOS Cumulative Return

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

OOS Cumulative Return

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FAQ

EWY is a Global Ex. US Equities ETF. The iShares MSCI South Korea 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 South Korean market as measured by the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index.

EWY tracks the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index.

No, EWY 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, EWY 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 EWY is -0.0145%. This is the percent change in the value of EWY over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on EWY is -0.0513%. This is the percent change in the value of EWY over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of EWY for the past year is 0.244%. 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 EWY include EWZ, EWW, and EWT.

ETFs correlated to EWY include KORU, EMXC, and XCEM.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to EWY include EDZ, EFZ, and EPV.

Disclaimers

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We show information directly obtained from our data provider, Xignite. Data shown here is provided by Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes the information shown here is reliable, but has not been verified and there is no guarantee that the information is accurate.

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We show information based on calculations performed by Composer using data from our provider. Information provided here is based on calculations performed by Composer using data sourced from Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes this information is reliable, but has not verified the data and there is no guarantee that the calculations are accurate.