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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and IEI −1.1%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or IEI?

IEI is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to IEI's −1.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $17.9bn for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF and $17.0bn for iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

−1.1%

IEI total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.15%

IEI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEI costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.4 points; ACWX is 1.1 times larger.

ACWX vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	IEI
Return
Measure	ACWX	IEI
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	−1.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	IEI
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	IEI
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	IEI
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.9bn	$17.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	IEI
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and IEI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWX IEI

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Only in ACWX

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.07%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.19%

ASML HOLDING 1.77%

SK HYNIX 1.56%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.95%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.85%

SHELL 0.84%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%

Only in IEI

TREASURY NOTE 2.95%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 2.36%

TREASURY NOTE 2.31%

TREASURY NOTE 2.29%

TREASURY NOTE 2.27%

TREASURY NOTE 2.25%

TREASURY NOTE 2.20%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. Tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +14.3% −1.1%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.15%

Holdings 1939 82

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.9bn $17.0bn

ACWX and IEI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

ACWX

ACWX tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S.. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,939 positions, with the top ten at 15.6%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

IEI

IEI tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or IEI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and IEI −1.1%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or IEI?: IEI is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ACWX and IEI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWX ↗

IEI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEI ↗

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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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