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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and KRE +21.2%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or KRE?

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.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 7% of KRE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

ACWI vs KRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to KRE's +21.2%; 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 $4.2bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+21.2%

KRE total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.35%

KRE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ACWI costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.8 points; ACWI is 8.2 times larger.

ACWI vs KRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	KRE
Return
Measure	ACWI	KRE
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+21.2%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	KRE
Below its high		6.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	KRE
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	KRE
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.6bn	$4.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	KRE
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	11.6%

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

Risk and return

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

ACWI KRE

Return

Total return edge ACWI +333.1% +213.2%

Annualized edge ACWI +8.2% +6.3%

Price return edge ACWI +204.7% +103.8%

Risk

Volatility edge ACWI 18.5% 31.6%

Max drawdown edge ACWI −55.3% −63.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge ACWI 0.44 0.31

Sortino edge ACWI 0.62 0.45

Calmar edge ACWI 0.15 0.10

Reading

ACWI returned more: +333.1% to +213.2%. ACWI swung less: 18.5% to 31.6%. ACWI fell less at its worst: −55.3% to −63.3%.

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Risk and return: ACWI vs KRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	KRE	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+333.1%	+213.2%	ACWI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+8.2%	+6.3%	ACWI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+204.7%	+103.8%	ACWI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.5%	31.6%	ACWI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.2%	21.7%	ACWI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−55.3%	−63.3%	ACWI	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.44	0.31	ACWI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.62	0.45	ACWI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.15	0.10	ACWI	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

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI KRE

COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.10% 1.09%

TRUIST FINANCIAL 0.06% 1.08%

UCB SA 0.04% 1.17%

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.03% 1.05%

HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC 0.03% 1.06%

M&T BANK 0.03% 1.04%

FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDING LTD 0.02% 0.27%

REGIONS FINANCIAL 0.02% 1.07%

FINECOBANK BANCA FINECO 0.01% 0.66%

PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS 0.01% 1.13%

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 KRE

GLACIER BANCORP INC 1.20%

BANK OZK 1.17%

COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM INC 1.17%

EASTERN BANKSHARES INC 1.16%

TEXAS CAPITAL BANCSHARES INC 1.16%

UNITED BANKSHARES INC 1.16%

VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP 1.15%

FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYS A 1.15%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF KRE State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks the S&P Regional Banking

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +21.2%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 6.6%

Holdings 2197 167

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and KRE as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $4.2bn

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

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

What each follows. ACWI follows MSCI ACWI and KRE follows S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 ACWI returned +13.4% and KRE +21.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 7.8 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%.

KRE

KRE tracks the S&P Regional Banking. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 7% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 167 positions, with the top ten at 11.6%. It sat 6.9% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or KRE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and KRE +21.2%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or KRE?: 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.
How much do ACWI and KRE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 7% of KRE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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KRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KRE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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