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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VDE +58.8%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or VDE?

VDE 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 VDE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 81% of VDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to VDE's +58.8%; 3% 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 $10.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Energy ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+58.8%

VDE total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.09%

VDE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VDE costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 45.4 points; ACWI is 3.2 times larger.

ACWI vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	VDE
Return
Measure	ACWI	VDE
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+58.8%
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	VDE
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	VDE
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$32.8bn	$10.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	VDE
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	67.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and VDE hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI VDE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.73% 22.88%

CHEVRON 0.41% 14.42%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 0.17% 5.87%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.12% 4.46%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.11% 4.45%

PHILLIPS 66 0.10% 3.94%

WILLIAMS 0.09% 3.16%

EOG RESOURCES 0.08% 2.85%

SLB 0.08% 2.83%

BAKER HUGHES CLASS A 0.06% 2.07%

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 0.06% 0.20%

CHENIERE ENERGY 0.06% 2.15%

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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 VDE

HF Sinclair Corp 0.69%

Ovintiv Inc 0.66%

Permian Resources Corp 0.60%

DT Midstream Inc 0.49%

Antero Resources Corp 0.40%

Range Resources Corp 0.36%

MKTLIQ 0.34%

Chord Energy Corp 0.33%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF VDE Vanguard Energy ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +58.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +59.0% (FENY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs FENY

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 81.2%

Holdings 2197 113

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026 $33.0bn $10.4bn

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

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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%.

VDE

VDE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +58.8% with distributions reinvested, against +59.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 67.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or VDE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VDE +58.8%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or VDE?: VDE 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 VDE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 81% of VDE 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) ↗

iShares page for ACWI ↗

VDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDE ↗

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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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