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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IXUS +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or IXUS?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to IXUS's +14.1%; 34% 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 $57.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; IXUS is 1.8 times larger.

ACWI vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	IXUS
Return
Measure	ACWI	IXUS
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	IXUS
Below its high		4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	IXUS
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 23, 2026	$32.4bn	$57.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	IXUS
Holdings in common	34%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	13.5%

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

Risk and return

Nov 2, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026 · 729 weekly returns

ACWI IXUS

Return

Total return edge ACWI +342.4% +177.4%

Annualized edge ACWI +11.2% +7.5%

Price return edge ACWI +235.9% +90.2%

Risk

Volatility edge ACWI (slight) 15.4% 15.8%

Max drawdown edge ACWI (slight) −32.1% −34.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge ACWI 0.65 0.42

Sortino edge ACWI 0.93 0.59

Calmar edge ACWI 0.35 0.22

Reading

ACWI returned more: +342.4% to +177.4%. ACWI swung slightly less: 15.4% to 15.8%. ACWI fell slightly less at its worst: −32.1% to −34.6%.

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Risk and return: ACWI vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	IXUS	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+342.4%	+177.4%	ACWI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.2%	+7.5%	ACWI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+235.9%	+90.2%	ACWI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.4%	15.8%	ACWI (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.8%	11.3%	ACWI (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.1%	−34.6%	ACWI (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.65	0.42	ACWI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.93	0.59	ACWI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.35	0.22	ACWI	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 729 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

34%

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and IXUS hold 34% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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34% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.77% 4.39%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 0.76% 1.90%

ASML HOLDING 0.62% 1.53%

SK HYNIX 0.55% 1.35%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.33% 0.82%

SHELL 0.30% 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.29% 0.72%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.29% 0.73%

NOVARTIS AG 0.28% 0.69%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.27% 0.68%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.25% 0.62%

NESTLE SA 0.25% 0.62%

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%

BROADCOM INC 1.51%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.44%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.33%

Only in IXUS

ARITZIA SUBORDINATE VOTING 0.03%

ACCELLERON N AG 0.02%

AL SYDBANK 0.02%

ALS 0.02%

AMPOL 0.02%

BAYCURRENT INC 0.02%

BEZEQ ISRAELI TELECOMMUNICATION CO 0.02%

BLUESCOPE STEEL 0.02%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +14.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 0.0%

Holdings 2197 4584

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and IXUS as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $57.6bn

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

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

What each follows. ACWI follows MSCI ACWI and IXUS follows MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI.
Holdings in common. 34% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
Cost. ACWI charges 0.32% of assets a year and IXUS 0.07%, a gap of 0.25 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%.

IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,584 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and IXUS +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or IXUS?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of IXUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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