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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or VTIP?

VTIP is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to VTIP's +2.2%; 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 $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.2 points; ACWI is 1.6 times larger.

ACWI vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	VTIP
Return
Measure	ACWI	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+2.2%
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	VTIP
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$32.8bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	VTIP
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	61%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%

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 VTIP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI VTIP

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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 VTIP

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.22%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.14%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.97%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.96%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.87%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +2.2%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.03%

Holdings 2197 26

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $33.0bn $20.9bn

ACWI and VTIP 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%.

VTIP

VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or VTIP?: VTIP is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ACWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWI ↗

VTIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTIP ↗

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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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