Are ACWI and REMX in the same category?

ACWI is a stock ETF and REMX is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and REMX −19.2%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or REMX?

ACWI is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 9% of REMX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

ACWI vs REMX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to REMX's −19.2%, and ACWI charges 0.32% to REMX's 0.53%.

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Net assets: $33.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF, and $1.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

−19.2%

REMX total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.53%

REMX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ACWI costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 32.6 points; ACWI is far larger, $32.4bn against $1.5bn.

ACWI vs REMX: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	REMX
Return
Measure	ACWI	REMX
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	−19.2%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	REMX
Below its all-time high		75.1%, high on Apr 11, 2011
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	REMX
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	Rare earth and critical materials
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	REMX
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.53%
Net assets, as of Oct 23, 2026	$32.4bn	$1.5bn
Active share vs the S&P 500		100%
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	REMX
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	61%

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

Risk and return

Nov 5, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026 · 833 weekly returns

ACWI REMX

Return

Total return edge ACWI +365.1% −68.2%

Annualized edge ACWI +10.1% −6.9%

Price return edge ACWI +237.1% −79.7%

Risk

Volatility edge ACWI 15.9% 35.3%

Max drawdown edge ACWI −32.1% −89.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge ACWI 0.58 −0.07

Sortino edge ACWI 0.83 −0.10

Calmar edge ACWI 0.31 −0.08

Reading

ACWI returned more: +365.1% to −68.2%. ACWI swung less: 15.9% to 35.3%. ACWI fell less at its worst: −32.1% to −89.2%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: ACWI vs REMX: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	REMX	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+365.1%	−68.2%	ACWI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.1%	−6.9%	ACWI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+237.1%	−79.7%	ACWI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.9%	35.3%	ACWI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.2%	24.5%	ACWI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.1%	−89.2%	ACWI	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.58	−0.07	ACWI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.83	−0.10	ACWI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.31	−0.08	ACWI	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 833 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and REMX 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 REMX

LYNAS RARE EARTHS 0.01% 6.35%

SOCIEDAD QUIMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE 0.01% 9.02%

GANFENG LITHIUM GROUP LTD A 0.00% 3.09%

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 REMX

Albemarle Corp 8.87%

China Northern Rare Earth Group High-Te 7.12%

Mp Materials Corp 6.90%

Pilbara Minerals Ltd 5.55%

Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co Ltd 5.04%

Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd 4.46%

Lianyou Metals Co Ltd 3.97%

Iluka Resources Ltd 3.86%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF REMX VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Thematic ETF

Issuer iShares VanEck

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Rare earth and critical materials

Total return, 1 year +13.4% −19.2%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −32.6 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.53%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 8.6%

Holdings 2197 32

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and REMX as of Oct 27, 2026 $33.0bn $1.5bn

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

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

What each follows. ACWI follows MSCI ACWI and REMX follows Rare earth and critical materials.
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 REMX −19.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 32.6 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%.

REMX

By weight, 9% of REMX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 32 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned −19.2% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was behind by 32.6 pts. It sits 75.1% below its all-time high of Apr 11, 2011.

Questions people ask

Are ACWI and REMX in the same category?: ACWI is a stock ETF and REMX is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or REMX?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and REMX −19.2%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or REMX?: ACWI is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and REMX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 9% of REMX 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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REMX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

REMX 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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