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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +17.2% and ACWV +6.8%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or ACWV?

ACWV is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 55% of ACWV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ACWI vs ACWV: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWI and ACWV hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and ACWI returned +17.2% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $33.3bn for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF and $3.3bn for iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF.

ACWV costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.4 points; ACWI is 9.9 times larger.

	ACWI	ACWV
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.20%
Net assets	$33.3bn	$3.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.2%	+6.8%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	25.6%	12.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+17.2%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+6.8%

ACWV total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.20%

ACWV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and ACWV hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

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27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWI ACWV

MICROSOFT 3.56% 1.38%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.90% 1.30%

NVIDIA 5.12% 1.05%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 0.70% 1.09%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.67% 1.00%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.60% 1.42%

VISA CLASS A 0.60% 0.63%

APPLE 4.83% 0.48%

WALMART 0.47% 0.57%

ABBVIE 0.46% 0.51%

ASML HOLDING 0.69% 0.46%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 0.44% 1.46%

Only in ACWI

AMAZON.COM INC 2.38%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.97%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.53%

TESLA INC 1.04%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 0.88%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.85%

INTEL CORPORATION 0.46%

LAM RESEARCH 0.39%

Only in ACWV

BUMRUNGRAD HOSPITAL NON-VOTING DR 0.05%

PLAZA SA 0.04%

PJSC PHOSAGRO GDR 0.00%

US 2YR NOTE DEC 26 0.00%

WIPRO ADR REPTG ONE 0.00%

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On the same fields

ACWI

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

ACWV

iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.2% +6.8%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 0.0 pts −10.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.20%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 54.8%

Holdings 2199 382

Net assets $33.3bn $3.3bn

ACWI and ACWV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ACWI in plain words

ACWI tracks the MSCI ACWI. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,199 positions, with the top ten at 25.6%.

ACWV in plain words

ACWV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +6.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 382 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or ACWV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +17.2% and ACWV +6.8%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or ACWV?: ACWV is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and ACWV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 55% of ACWV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ACWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ACWI ↗ACWV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACWV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ACWV ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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