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iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for EWU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Same market, other index family

EWU vs FLGB

EWU and FLGB both follow United Kingdom through a different index family. Expense ratio 0.50% for EWU, 0.09% for FLGB. Ten largest holdings: 27.5% of EWU, 25.8% of FLGB. Gap = EWU minus FLGB, in percentage points.

WindowEWUFLGBGap
1 year+19.23%+18.60%+0.63
3 years+18.60%+19.18%−0.57
5 years+12.04%+12.02%+0.01
Since both trade (8.9 y)+7.52%+8.06%−0.54
Calendar yearEWUFLGBGap
2026 ytd+9.14%+9.01%+0.13
2025+34.95%+33.80%+1.15
2024+6.74%+8.77%−2.03
2023+12.40%+14.33%−1.93
2022−4.40%−6.00%+1.60
2021+18.19%+17.14%+1.05
2020−11.80%−9.46%−2.33
2019+21.29%+23.23%−1.94
2018−11.07%−11.23%+0.16

Total return of both funds (distributions reinvested, after all fund costs), same dates, in dollars; windows annualised, as of 2026-09-27. A cheaper fund can still return less when the other index holds more of the stock that ran. All pairs · Holdings overlap · descriptive, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 14 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “AI Credit — Oracle invokes force majeure on a New Mexico data center; the 30-year hits 5.45%” (2026-09-24)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where EWU appears in the diary — 14 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Dailies

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Region breadth …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Region breadth Europe: 1 of 11 sectors up on the month · leading Technology +4.9%, lagging Real estate −7.6%The Sector Engine column for the market this fund tracks — how many of its eleven sectors are rising and which ones lead, the internals behind the fund's own move. Sector Engine → 2026-09-26
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.51 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How EWU has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.51 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF moved 0.51% on average · correlation 0.31 · higher than 53% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.49 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.84% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.15% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.16%, semi-annual · last 0.67 USD on 2026-06-15

Dividends and capital return

What EWU pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.50 USD per share · a 3.16% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year −2.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.54 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.67 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-15
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.75 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.41 USD · 2025: 1.64 USD · 2026: 0.67 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-20

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWU)?

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading as EWU on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

How does Closelooknet use EWU?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does EWU trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -1.5% vs the 50-day and +1.6% vs the 200-day average, 4.2% below the 52-week high and +18% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF had a beta of 0.51 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 53% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.84% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF?

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF appears in 14 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Midday 10: AI Credit — Oracle invokes force majeure on a New Mexico data center; the 30-year hits 5.45% (2026-09-24); Midday 10: Yields — the 10-year is back above 5% on a hot PMI and a hawkish Fed; chips fall, software is bought (2026-09-23); Daily Pulse: Semiconductors Surge While Blue Chips Slip on a Divided Day (2026-09-07). What Closelooknet said most recently: VGK trades 92.65, +0.70%, a new consolidation high above the 88.9 shelf; HEDJ +0.65%; EWU +0.79%. (Midday 10, 2026-08-21). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

Does iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF pay a dividend?

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF has paid 1.50 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 3.16% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.67 USD on 2026-06-15. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for EWU, fund basics and the top holdings by weight with the Closelooknet names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.