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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IEF −3.2%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or IEF?

IEF is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 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 IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to IEF's −3.2%; 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 $43.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

−3.2%

IEF total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.15%

IEF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEF costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.6 points; IEF is 1.3 times larger.

ACWI vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	IEF
Return
Measure	ACWI	IEF
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	−3.2%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	IEF
Below its high		13.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	IEF
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	IEF
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$43.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	IEF
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 IEF 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 IEF

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 IEF

TREASURY NOTE 8.82%

TREASURY NOTE 8.80%

TREASURY NOTE 8.74%

TREASURY NOTE 8.68%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 8.68%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 8.65%

TREASURY NOTE 8.48%

TREASURY NOTE 8.40%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +13.4% −3.2%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.15%

Holdings 2197 17

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and IEF as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $43.5bn

ACWI and IEF 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%.

IEF

IEF tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 13.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or IEF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IEF −3.2%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or IEF?: IEF is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ACWI and IEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWI ↗

IEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEF ↗

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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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