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EWZiShares MSCI Brazil ETF

Grow my money26y track recordRanked #363 of 3,055 in this goal

Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index.

By iShares · Launched 2000

Annual Cost

0.59%

#3,222 of 6,040 · average

Fund Size

$8.2B

#345 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+28.5%

Track Record

26 years

#98 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,242+12.4%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 57.0% of fundmoderately concentrated

Vale SA
11.1%
NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands
9.2%
Itau Unibanco Holding SA
9.0%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras
6.2%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras
5.6%
Banco Bradesco SA
3.6%
B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao
3.5%
WEG SA
3.1%
Ambev SA
2.9%
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP
2.9%

Asset allocation

Stocks
96.5%
Cash
2.7%
Preferred
0.8%

By sector

Financial Services
34.0%
Energy
17.4%
Basic Materials
14.5%
Utilities
12.4%
Industrials
11.5%
Consumer Defensive
4.4%
Healthcare
2.3%
Communication
1.8%
Other
1.6%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
25.3%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-57.0%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.46Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.65Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index.
Strategy
Invests primarily in Brazilian equities, seeking to track the MSCI Brazil 25/50 Index using a representative sampling indexing strategy. Focuses on large- and mid-capitalization segments of the Brazilian equity market.
Inception date
July 10, 2000
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-09-18