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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IEI −1.1%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or IEI?

IEI 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 IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to IEI's −1.1%; 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 $17.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

−1.1%

IEI total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.15%

IEI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEI costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.5 points; ACWI is 1.9 times larger.

ACWI vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	IEI
Return
Measure	ACWI	IEI
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	−1.1%
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	IEI
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	IEI
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$17.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	IEI
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 IEI 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 IEI

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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 IEI

TREASURY NOTE 2.95%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 2.36%

TREASURY NOTE 2.31%

TREASURY NOTE 2.29%

TREASURY NOTE 2.27%

TREASURY NOTE 2.25%

TREASURY NOTE 2.20%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF IEI iShares 3-7 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 3-7 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +13.4% −1.1%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.15%

Holdings 2197 82

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and IEI as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $17.0bn

ACWI and IEI 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%.

IEI

IEI tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or IEI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IEI −1.1%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or IEI?: IEI 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 IEI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWI ↗

IEI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEI ↗

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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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