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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +17.2% and SPGM +18.2%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or SPGM?

SPGM is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 58% of SPGM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ACWI vs SPGM: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWI and SPGM hold 71% of their weight in the same names, and SPGM returned +18.2% over the year. Net assets: $33.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF, and $1.8bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETF.

SPGM costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point; ACWI is 18.3 times larger.

	ACWI	SPGM
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$33.0bn	$1.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.2%	+18.2%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	71%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	25.6%	22.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+17.2%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+18.2%

SPGM total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.09%

SPGM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and SPGM hold 71% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

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71% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWI SPGM

NVIDIA 5.12% 4.65%

APPLE 4.83% 4.29%

MICROSOFT 3.56% 3.19%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.38% 2.02%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.97% 1.75%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.56% 1.46%

BROADCOM INC 1.57% 1.38%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.53% 1.36%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.13% 0.99%

TESLA INC 1.04% 0.91%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.85% 0.88%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 0.98% 0.84%

Only in ACWI

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.90%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 0.88%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.23%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.15%

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.12%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.12%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.09%

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL CLASS A 0.08%

Only in SPGM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR 1.64%

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 0.80%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.24%

HON HAI PRECISION GDR REG S 0.15%

MUENCHENER RUECKVER AG REG 0.12%

ATLAS COPCO AB B SHS 0.12%

RELX PLC 0.11%

NOVO NORDISK A/S B 0.10%

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On the same fields

ACWI

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

SPGM

State Street SPDR Portfolio MSCI Global Stock Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.2% +18.2%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 0.0 pts +0.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 58.2%

Holdings 2199 2895

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPGM as of Oct 8, 2026 $33.3bn $1.8bn

ACWI and SPGM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ACWI in plain words

ACWI tracks the MSCI ACWI. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,199 positions, with the top ten at 25.6%.

SPGM in plain words

SPGM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 58% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,895 positions, with the top ten at 22.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or SPGM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +17.2% and SPGM +18.2%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or SPGM?: SPGM is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and SPGM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 58% of SPGM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ACWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ACWI ↗SPGM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPGM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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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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