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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or VXF?

VXF is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWI vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to VXF's +10.6%; 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 $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; ACWI is 1.1 times larger.

ACWI vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	VXF
Return
Measure	ACWI	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWI	VXF
Below its high		6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	VXF
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	VXF
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$32.8bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	VXF
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	11.3%

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 VXF 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 VXF

SNOWFLAKE 0.11% 1.42%

CLOUDFLARE CLASS A 0.10% 1.35%

COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA 0.10% 0.11%

ALLIANZ 0.18% 0.09%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.09% 2.50%

CSL 0.07% 0.15%

CHENIERE ENERGY 0.06% 0.67%

LVMH 0.10% 0.05%

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY 0.06% 0.05%

ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 0.05% 0.11%

COMPASS GROUP PLC 0.05% 0.08%

NATERA 0.05% 0.72%

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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 VXF

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Guardant Health Inc 0.29%

TD SYNNEX Corp 0.25%

Tenet Healthcare Corp 0.25%

Roku Inc 0.24%

Royal Gold Inc 0.24%

US Foods Holding Corp 0.24%

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc 0.24%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks an index of Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +10.6%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 0.0%

Holdings 2197 3361

Net assets, ACWI as of Oct 28, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $33.0bn $30.2bn

ACWI and VXF 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%.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or VXF?: VXF is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 0% of VXF 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 ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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