iShares Asia Region ETFs Weekly and YTD Returns

Most Asia region iShares ETFs posted gains last week, led by iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (FXI) and S. Korea (EWY). The former turned positive for the year, leaving only Taiwan (EWT) in negative territory year-to-date.

The iShares S&P 500 (IVV) was basically flat last week, and year-to-date (+6.4%) is only outperforming Taiwan (-0.7%) and Japan (+2.3%).

iShares MSCI Japan (EWJ) gained nearly a percent last week, but is lagging far behind Malaysia (EWM) +33.3%, Singapore (EWS) +20.8% and Australia (EWA) +20.1%.

See the chart below for last week's results. There are two sets of returns for each ETF: the past week [light blue] and year-to-date [purple].

The bars for the iShares S&P 500 index (IVV) are colored differently for comparative purposes.

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Disclosure: The author does not own shares of any funds mentioned in this article.

Here is a list of the relevant ETFs and their tickers.

iShares Australia (EWA)
iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (FXI)
iShares Hong Kong (EWH)
iPath ETN MSCI India (INP)
iShares Japan (EWJ)
iShares Malaysia (EWM)
iShares Singapore (EWS)
iShares S. Korea (EWY)
iShares Taiwan (EWT)
iShares EAFE (EFA)
iShares Pacific ex-Japan (EPP)
iShares S&P 500 (IVV)