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iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

iShares · US4642867729

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, traded under the ticker EWY (ISIN US4642867729). In a single purchase you get a diversified basket of holdings rather than a stake in just one business. In plain terms it is about owning small slices of companies, so you share in their growth when they do well —…

· Tracks the MSCI South Korea index ?
Equity ?Unknown Physical ?
Higher feeOwns the shares directlyAsia Pacific
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Fund size (AUM) ?
€0
1-year return ?
+127.7%
Price Return · to 2026-07-20
Yearly fee (TER) ?
0.59%
All-in cost ≈ 0.00%

About this fund

What you own

The MSCI South Korea index is the benchmark this fund aims to copy.

How it works

The fund actually buys every share in the index it tracks (full replication).

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Owning every holding keeps things transparent — what is in the index is what the fund actually owns. It can be a touch costlier to run for indexes with thousands of tiny positions, since the fund has to buy and maintain them all. There is no swap bank involved, so there is no extra “what if the partner fails” question to weigh.

Cost

0.59%Yearly fee (TER)
0.00%All-in cost

The yearly running cost of the fund, shown as a % of your money. Lower is cheaper.

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For example, a 0.20% fee works out at €0.20 a year for every €100 invested — that’s a generic illustration of the mechanic, not this fund’s own fee. It is skimmed quietly from inside the fund a little each day, so you never get a bill — but it drags on your return every year you hold. On a broad index ETF it is usually a small fraction of a percent; the gap between a cheap and a pricey fund looks tiny on day one but compounds over decades, which is why it is worth a glance.

Fund facts

Index tracked ?
MSCI South Korea
Replication ?
Physical
Full — buys every share
Launched
May 2000
26-year track record

Performance

87.9116145173202202320232026

Growth of $100 invested — both lines start at $100.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Average MSCI South Korea ETF (funds we track) ?

Compared with the average fund tracking the same index — our own data, not the licensed index itself.

YTD+69.6%
1 year+127.7%
3 years+35.7%
5 years+13.0%

Return, year by year

-27.5
+16.0
-22.3
+91.0
'22'23'24'25
2 of 4 up yearsBest: 2025 +91.0%Worst: 2022 -27.5%Calendar-year total returns, in USD

How bumpy has it been?

51.8%
Volatility (1y) ?
How much the price swings year to year — lower is calmer.
-29.1%
Worst drop (3y) ?
The biggest fall from a peak over the last three years.
0.99
Return for the risk (3y) ?
Reward earned per unit of bumpiness.

The bigger picture

+78.0%
Since inception
Total growth since launch — about +12.1% a year.
+257.4%
Best 12 months
The strongest one-year stretch on record.
-41.3%
Worst 12 months
The weakest one-year stretch on record.
-49.1%
Worst fall on record ?
It clawed back in about 37 months.

Where to buy this fund

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Where it trades

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How it ranks vs peers

🪙 Cheaper than 5% of similar ETFs📈 Higher 1-yr return than 100%📈 Higher 3-yr return than 100%📈 Higher 5-yr return than 100%📊 Beat its category by 105.6% (1-yr) (category average +22.1%)📊 Beat its category by 20.3% (3-yr) (category average +15.4%)📊 Beat its category by 7.5% (5-yr) (category average +5.5%)

Versus the Equity (stocks) · Asia Pacific · USD ETFs we track.

Advanced risk

1.46
Sortino (3y) ?
1.23
Calmar (3y) ?
35.2%
Downside deviation ?
58%
Up months (hit rate) ?
$219.20
52-week high ?
$70.65
52-week low ?

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Index trackedMSCI South KoreaMSCI PacificMSCI Ac Far East Ex-japanMSCI AC Far East ex-Japan IndexMSCI TaiwanMSCI TaiwanMSCI Korea
Yearly fee (TER)0.59%0.20%0.74%0.74%0.74%0.74%0.65%
All-in cost0.00%0.20%0.74%0.74%0.74%0.74%0.65%
Fund size€0€3.4B€1.8B€1.8B€1.4B€1.4B€942.2M
DomicileIrelandIrelandIrelandIrelandIrelandIreland
ReplicationPhysical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)Physical (full)
3-yr return p.a.+35.7%+12.6%+26.6%+36.2%+45.0%+36.5%
5-yr return p.a.+13.0%+5.9%+6.2%+18.1%+14.8%
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Data as of 2026-07-20 · Source: issuer data, compiled by Finance Hamster

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