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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and HYMB −1.0%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or HYMB?

ACWI is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 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 HYMB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to HYMB's −1.0%; 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 $3.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ACWI costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.4 points; ACWI is 8.6 times larger.

ACWI vs HYMB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	HYMB
Return
Measure	ACWI	HYMB
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	−1.0%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	HYMB
Below its high		4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	HYMB
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	HYMB
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$3.8bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	HYMB
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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI HYMB

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 HYMB

PRCGEN 5.000 07/01/58 1.94%

PRCGEN 4.784 07/01/58 1.25%

BUCGEN 5.000 06/01/55 1.08%

PRC 4.000 07/01/46 0.64%

PRCGEN 4.329 07/01/40 0.61%

NYCDEV 5.000 11/15/44 0.49%

PRC 4.000 07/01/41 0.47%

CHIEDU 6.000 12/01/41 0.46%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond

Total return, 1 year +13.4% −1.0%

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

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.4 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.35%

Holdings 2197 2105

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $3.8bn

ACWI and HYMB 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%.

HYMB

HYMB tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 4.7% below its high of Jul 2, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or HYMB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and HYMB −1.0%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or HYMB?: ACWI is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 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 ↗

HYMB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HYMB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street 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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