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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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ACWI vs AOR: how they differ

ACWI and AOR hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and ACWI returned more over the year.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF and iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and AOR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ACWIOnly in AOR
NVIDIA CORPORATION 4.89%iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 35.07%
APPLE INC. 4.02%iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 32.09%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2.90%iShares Core MSCI International Develope 17.02%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.58%iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 7.29%
ALPHABET INC. 2.26%iShares Core International Aggregate Bon 5.57%
BROADCOM INC. 1.90%iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 1.99%
ALPHABET INC. 1.87%iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 0.96%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 1.73%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026.

ACWI and AOR on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ACWI
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
AOR
iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesiShares
What it isMSCI ACWICore 60/40 Balanced Allocation
Total return, 1 year+19.1%+11.3%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+1.6 pts−6.2 pts
Expense ratio0.32%0.15%
Already in the S&P 50061.4%0.0%
Holdings23077

ACWI in plain words

ACWI is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI ACWI. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +19.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2307 positions, with the top ten at 24.6%.

AOR in plain words

AOR is an index equity fund tracking the Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +11.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or AOR?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +19.1% and AOR returned +11.3%, so ACWI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or AOR?
ACWI charges 0.32% a year and AOR charges 0.15%, so AOR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and AOR overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of AOR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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ACWI against AOR, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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