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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and IGM +21.7%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or IGM?

ACWX is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ACWX and IGM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 92% of IGM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to IGM's +21.7%; 1% 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 $11.0bn for iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+21.7%

IGM total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.37%

IGM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ACWX costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points; ACWX is 1.6 times larger.

ACWX vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	IGM
Return
Measure	ACWX	IGM
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+21.7%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	IGM
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	6.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	IGM
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	S&P North American Expanded Technology Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	IGM
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.9bn	$11.0bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	IGM
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%	56.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWX and IGM hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWX IGM

SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.56% 0.91%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.95% 0.20%

CELESTICA 0.09% 0.16%

CGI INC CLASS A 0.04% 0.07%

TELENOR 0.02% 0.30%

LAIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR 0.34% 0.01%

NN GROUP 0.06% 0.01%

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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%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.85%

SHELL 0.84%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%

NOVARTIS AG 0.80%

Only in IGM

APPLE 9.36%

MICROSOFT 9.19%

NVIDIA 8.28%

BROADCOM INC 7.07%

ALPHABET CLASS A 4.57%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.27%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.16%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.07%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF IGM iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. Tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +21.7%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.9%

Holdings 1939 295

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.9bn $11.0bn

ACWX and IGM 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.

IGM

IGM tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 295 positions, with the top ten at 56.8%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or IGM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and IGM +21.7%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or IGM?: ACWX is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWX and IGM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of ACWX and 92% of IGM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWX and IGM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWX ↗

IGM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IGM ↗

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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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