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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and AGG −1.4%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or AGG?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs AGG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to AGG's −1.4%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $33.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF, and $139.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.8 points; AGG is 4.3 times larger.

ACWI vs AGG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	AGG
Return
Measure	ACWI	AGG
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	−1.4%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	AGG
Below its high		3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	AGG
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	AGG
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$139.3bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	AGG
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	61%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Apr 4, 2008 to Oct 23, 2026 · 968 weekly returns

ACWI AGG

Return

Total return edge ACWI +333.1% +61.6%

Annualized edge ACWI +8.2% +2.6%

Price return edge ACWI +204.7% −6.3%

Risk

Volatility edge AGG 18.5% 5.4%

Max drawdown edge AGG −55.3% −18.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge ACWI 0.44 0.24

Sortino edge ACWI 0.62 0.32

Calmar edge ACWI (slight) 0.15 0.14

Reading

ACWI returned more: +333.1% to +61.6%. AGG swung less: 5.4% to 18.5%. AGG fell less at its worst: −18.2% to −55.3%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: ACWI vs AGG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	AGG	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+333.1%	+61.6%	ACWI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+8.2%	+2.6%	ACWI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+204.7%	−6.3%	ACWI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.5%	5.4%	AGG	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.2%	4.1%	AGG	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−55.3%	−18.2%	AGG	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.44	0.24	ACWI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.62	0.32	ACWI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.15	0.14	ACWI (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 968 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and AGG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI AGG

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ACWI

APPLE 4.97%

NVIDIA 4.89%

MICROSOFT 3.66%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.39%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.83%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.77%

BROADCOM INC 1.51%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.44%

Only in AGG

BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY 3.02%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.39%

TREASURY NOTE 0.38%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds

Total return, 1 year +13.4% −1.4%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.3% (SCHZ)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs SCHZ

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.03%

Holdings 2197 13469

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $139.4bn

ACWI and AGG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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ACWI and AGG do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. ACWI follows MSCI ACWI and AGG follows Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 ACWI returned +13.4% and AGG −1.4% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 14.8 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

ACWI

ACWI tracks the MSCI ACWI. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,197 positions, with the top ten at 24.9%.

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or AGG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and AGG −1.4%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or AGG?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ACWI and AGG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

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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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