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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IVV +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or IVV?

IVV 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.

How much do ACWI and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to IVV's +13.7%; 63% 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 $885.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+13.7%

IVV total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; IVV is far larger, $880.6bn against $32.6bn.

ACWI vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	IVV
Return
Measure	ACWI	IVV
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+13.7%
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	IVV
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	S&P 500
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	IVV
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$880.6bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	IVV
Holdings in common	63%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	38.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Apr 4, 2008 to Oct 23, 2026 · 968 weekly returns

ACWI IVV

Return

Total return edge IVV +333.1% +683.1%

Annualized edge IVV +8.2% +11.7%

Price return edge IVV +204.7% +456.3%

Risk

Volatility edge IVV (slight) 18.5% 18.0%

Max drawdown edge IVV (slight) −55.3% −50.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IVV 0.44 0.63

Sortino edge IVV 0.62 0.89

Calmar edge IVV 0.15 0.23

Reading

IVV returned more: +683.1% to +333.1%. IVV swung slightly less: 18.0% to 18.5%. IVV fell slightly less at its worst: −50.9% to −55.3%.

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Risk and return: ACWI vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	IVV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+333.1%	+683.1%	IVV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+8.2%	+11.7%	IVV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+204.7%	+456.3%	IVV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.5%	18.0%	IVV (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.2%	12.6%	IVV (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−55.3%	−50.9%	IVV (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.44	0.63	IVV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.62	0.89	IVV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.15	0.23	IVV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 968 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

63%

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and IVV hold 63% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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63% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI IVV

APPLE 4.97% 7.61%

NVIDIA 4.89% 7.92%

MICROSOFT 3.66% 5.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.39% 3.73%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.83% 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 1.51% 2.45%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.44% 2.26%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.33% 2.05%

TESLA INC 1.14% 1.73%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.02% 1.57%

ELI LILLY 1.00% 1.54%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 0.89% 1.37%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ACWI

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.77%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 0.76%

ASML HOLDING 0.62%

SK HYNIX 0.55%

SHELL 0.30%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.29%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.29%

NOVARTIS AG 0.28%

Only in IVV

MODERNA 0.12%

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 0.03%

VIATRIS 0.03%

REVVITY 0.03%

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP CLASS A 0.03%

CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNA 0.03%

HOST HOTELS & RESORTS REIT 0.03%

HASBRO 0.03%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 99.8%

Holdings 2197 505

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and IVV as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $885.1bn

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

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ACWI and IVV do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. ACWI follows MSCI ACWI and IVV follows S&P 500.
Number of holdings. ACWI holds 2,197 positions and IVV holds 505.
Cost. ACWI charges 0.32% of assets a year and IVV 0.03%, a gap of 0.29 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or IVV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IVV +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or IVV?: IVV 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.
How much do ACWI and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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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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