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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWV returned +6.8% and VT +17.1%.

Which is cheaper, ACWV or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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ACWV vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

ACWV and VT hold 24% of their weight in the same names, and VT returned +17.1% over the year. Net assets: $3.3bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF, and $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

VT costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.3 points.

	ACWV	VT
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.06%
Net assets, ACWV as of Oct 9, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.3bn	$81.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+6.8%	+17.1%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Holdings in common	24%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	12.2%	21.4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+6.8%

ACWV total return, 1 year

+17.1%

VT total return, 1 year

0.20%

ACWV expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWV and VT hold 24% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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half

24% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ACWV VT

MICROSOFT 1.38% 3.16%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.30% 1.53%

NVIDIA 1.05% 4.32%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.09% 0.69%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.00% 0.56%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.42% 0.54%

VISA CLASS A 0.63% 0.52%

APPLE 0.48% 3.84%

ASML HOLDING 0.46% 0.55%

WALMART 0.57% 0.39%

ABBVIE 0.51% 0.38%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.46% 0.37%

Only in ACWV

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.83%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.43%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.34%

AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.31%

ORIENTAL LAND 0.29%

PICC PROPERTY AND CASUALTY LTD H 0.27%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.27%

PETROCHINA H 0.26%

Only in VT

Amazon.com Inc 2.11%

Alphabet Inc 1.68%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.05%

Tesla Inc 0.90%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.80%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 0.73%

MKTLIQ 0.60%

SLBBH1142 0.58%

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On the same fields

ACWV

iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF

Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +6.8% +17.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −10.5 pts −0.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 54.8% 54.7%

Holdings 382 10097

Net assets, ACWV as of Oct 9, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.3bn $81.8bn

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

ACWV in plain words

ACWV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +6.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 382 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%.

VT in plain words

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,097 positions, with the top ten at 21.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWV or VT?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWV returned +6.8% and VT +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, ACWV or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWV and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 55% of ACWV and 55% of VT 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 ↗VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VT ↗

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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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