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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and BND −1.3%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or BND?

BND 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 BND: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to BND's −1.3%; 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 $161.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

−1.3%

BND total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.03%

BND expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BND costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.7 points; BND is 4.9 times larger.

ACWI vs BND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	BND
Return
Measure	ACWI	BND
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	−1.3%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	BND
Below its high		3.5%, high on Aug 6, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	BND
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	BND
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$32.8bn	$161.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	BND
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 Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and BND hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI BND

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 BND

MKTLIQ 0.92%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +13.4% −1.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.03%

Holdings 2197 16301

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and BND as of Sep 30, 2026 $33.0bn $161.4bn

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

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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%.

BND

BND tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.3% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, measured by the closely related Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 6, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or BND?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and BND −1.3%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or BND?: BND 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 filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWI ↗

BND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for BND ↗

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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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