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ACWI vs FEGE: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWI and FEGE hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and FEGE returned +18.5% over the year. Net assets: $32.8bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF, and $1.9bn on May 31, 2026 for First Eagle Global Equity ETF.

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ACWI costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points; ACWI is far larger, $19.4bn against $89m.

ACWI vs FEGE: Differences, Returns & Fees
ACWIFEGE
Expense ratio0.32%0.50%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025$19.4bn$89m
Total return, 1 year+15.1%+18.5%
What it tracksMSCI ACWInot published
Holdings in common12%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund25.2%23.3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+15.1%
ACWI total return, 1 year
+18.5%
FEGE total return, 1 year
0.32%
ACWI expense ratio
0.50%
FEGE expense ratio

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and FEGE hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ACWI FEGE
ALPHABET CLASS A 1.97% 3.05%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.51% 1.97%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 0.74% 4.07%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 0.73% 0.82%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.72% 1.02%
MERCK & CO INC 0.34% 1.70%
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.30% 1.33%
SHELL 0.30% 1.24%
NESTLE SA 0.25% 1.46%
TEXAS INSTRUMENT 0.24% 0.92%
MICROSOFT 3.67% 0.24%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 0.23% 0.89%
Only in ACWI
APPLE 4.91%
NVIDIA 4.87%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.48%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.78%
ALPHABET CLASS C 1.55%
BROADCOM INC 1.47%
TESLA INC 1.03%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.00%
Only in FEGE
Noble Corp PLC 1.41%
TSMC 1.40%
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB 1.38%
SMC Corp 1.32%
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc 1.05%
Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV 1.01%
Investor AB 0.97%
Universal Health Services Inc 0.85%

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On the same fields

ACWI
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
FEGE
First Eagle Global Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares First Eagle
What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Equity fund
Total return, 1 year +15.1% +18.5%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.9% (URTH)
Gap to its benchmark not measured +3.6 pts vs URTH
Expense ratio 0.32% 0.50%
Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 44.7%
Holdings 2199 94
Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 20, 2026 and FEGE as of May 31, 2026 $32.8bn $1.9bn

ACWI and FEGE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About ACWI

ACWI tracks the MSCI ACWI. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +15.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,199 positions, with the top ten at 25.2%.

About FEGE

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI WORLD INDEX Net. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 45% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 94 positions, with the top ten at 23.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or FEGE?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +15.1% and FEGE +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or FEGE?
ACWI is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and FEGE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 45% of FEGE 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 ↗FEGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FEGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Eagle website ↗

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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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