Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or GOVT?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +23.0% and GOVT returned −1.0%, so ACWX returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or GOVT?

ACWX charges 0.32% a year and GOVT charges 0.05%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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ACWX vs GOVT: how they differ

ACWX and GOVT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and ACWX returned more over the year.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF and iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and GOVT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ACWX	Only in GOVT
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.09%	US TREASURY N/B 0.60%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.50%	TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.55%
SK HYNIX 2.04%	TREASURY BOND (OLD) 0.42%
ASML HOLDING 1.77%	TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.25%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.94%	TREASURY BOND (OTR) 0.16%
TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.88%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.11%
ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.79%	TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.11%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.76%	TREASURY BOND (2OLD) 0.08%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

ACWX and GOVT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	MSCI ACWI ex U.S.	U.S. Treasury Bond
Total return, 1 year	+23.0%	−1.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+5.5 pts	−18.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.05%
Holdings	1515	216

ACWX in plain words

ACWX is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI ACWI ex U.S.. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +23.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1515 positions, with the top ten at 16.1%.

GOVT in plain words

GOVT is a bond fund tracking the U.S. Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 8.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or GOVT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +23.0% and GOVT returned −1.0%, so ACWX returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or GOVT?: ACWX charges 0.32% a year and GOVT charges 0.05%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ACWX against GOVT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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