Which returned more over the last year, ACWV or FEGE?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWV returned +8.7% and FEGE +18.5%.

Which is cheaper, ACWV or FEGE?

ACWV is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ACWV and FEGE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 55% of ACWV and 45% of FEGE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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ACWV vs FEGE: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWV and FEGE hold 7% of their weight in the same names, and FEGE returned +18.5% over the year. Net assets: $3.4bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF, and $1.9bn on May 31, 2026 for First Eagle Global Equity ETF.

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ACWV costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.8 points; ACWV is 1.7 times larger.

ACWV vs FEGE: Differences, Returns & Fees
	ACWV	FEGE
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.50%
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026	$3.3bn	$1.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+8.7%	+18.5%
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI Minimum Volatility (USD) Index	not published
Holdings in common	7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	11.9%	23.3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

+8.7%

ACWV total return, 1 year

+18.5%

FEGE total return, 1 year

0.20%

ACWV expense ratio

0.50%

FEGE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWV and FEGE hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026.

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7% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWV FEGE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.04% 1.02%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.12% 0.82%

MERCK & CO INC 0.58% 1.70%

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE 0.47% 0.91%

ELEVANCE HEALTH INC 0.44% 1.92%

KEYENCE 0.44% 1.07%

SALESFORCE 0.41% 1.40%

SECOM 0.33% 0.86%

WORKDAY CLASS A 0.31% 1.31%

ALPHABET CLASS C 0.24% 3.05%

MICROSOFT 1.38% 0.24%

WILLIS TOWERS WATSON 0.21% 1.12%

Only in ACWV

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.38%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.33%

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 1.27%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.19%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 1.14%

CENCORA 1.06%

KDDI 1.04%

SOUTHERN 1.01%

Only in FEGE

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 4.07%

British American Tobacco PLC 2.69%

Oracle Corp 2.20%

Becton Dickinson & Co 2.07%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.97%

SLB Ltd 1.93%

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitt 1.69%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp 1.68%

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On the same fields

ACWV

iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF

FEGE

First Eagle Global Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares First Eagle

What it is Tracks an index Equity fund

Total return, 1 year +8.7% +18.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.1% (ACWI) +14.9% (URTH)

Gap to its benchmark −6.4 pts vs ACWI +3.6 pts vs URTH

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.50%

Already in the S&P 500 54.8% 44.7%

Holdings 388 94

Net assets, ACWV as of Oct 20, 2026 and FEGE as of May 31, 2026 $3.4bn $1.9bn

ACWV and FEGE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About ACWV

ACWV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +8.7% with distributions reinvested, against +15.1% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 19, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 388 positions, with the top ten at 11.9%.

About FEGE

Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI WORLD INDEX Net. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 45% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 94 positions, with the top ten at 23.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWV or FEGE?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWV returned +8.7% and FEGE +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, ACWV or FEGE?: ACWV is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWV and FEGE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 55% of ACWV and 45% of FEGE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

ACWV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ACWV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ACWV ↗FEGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FEGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Eagle 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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