Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or SPYG?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +19.1% and SPYG returned +17.9%, so ACWI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or SPYG?

ACWI charges 0.32% a year and SPYG charges 0.04%, so SPYG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ACWI and SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 40% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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

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ACWI vs SPYG: how they differ

ACWI and SPYG hold 40% of their weight in the same names, and ACWI returned more over the year.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) Growth ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and SPYG hold 40% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ACWI and SPYG both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	ACWI	SPYG
NVIDIA CORPORATION	4.89%	13.66%
APPLE INC.	4.02%	5.99%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION	2.90%	7.81%
AMAZON.COM, INC.	2.58%	3.48%
ALPHABET INC.	2.26%	5.91%
BROADCOM INC.	1.90%	5.04%
ALPHABET INC.	1.87%	4.71%
META PLATFORMS, INC.	1.34%	3.49%
TESLA, INC.	1.09%	2.07%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.	0.86%	1.68%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY	0.76%	2.67%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.	0.66%	2.58%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ACWI	Only in SPYG
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 1.73%	Sandisk Corp 0.95%
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 0.66%	Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.39%
WALMART INC. 0.58%	Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 0.22%
ASML Holding N.V. 0.56%	Flex Ltd 0.17%
SK hynix Inc. 0.49%	Johnson Controls International plc 0.17%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION 0.45%	Trane Technologies PLC 0.16%
INTEL CORPORATION 0.43%	TE Connectivity PLC 0.11%
Tencent Holdings Limited 0.39%	Carnival Corp Ltd 0.10%

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 and Jun 30, 2026.

ACWI and SPYG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF	SPYG State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) Growth ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	State Street
What it is	MSCI ACWI	SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth
Total return, 1 year	+19.1%	+17.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+1.6 pts	+0.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.04%
Already in the S&P 500	61.4%	100.0%
Holdings	2307	147

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%.

SPYG in plain words

SPYG is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 147 positions, with the top ten at 56.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or SPYG?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +19.1% and SPYG returned +17.9%, so ACWI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or SPYG?: ACWI charges 0.32% a year and SPYG charges 0.04%, so SPYG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 40% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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