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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and SHV +3.6%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or SHV?

SHV 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 SHV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWX returned +14.3% to SHV's +3.6%; 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 $21.7bn for iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+3.6%

SHV total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.15%

SHV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SHV costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.7 points; SHV is 1.2 times larger.

ACWX vs SHV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	SHV
Return
Measure	ACWX	SHV
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+3.6%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	SHV
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	SHV
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	ICE Short US Treasury Securities Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	SHV
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.9bn	$21.7bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	SHV
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 SHV 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 SHV

Only in one fund ↓

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 SHV

TREASURY BILL 4.98%

TREASURY BILL 4.17%

TREASURY BILL 3.90%

TREASURY BILL 3.72%

TREASURY BILL 3.58%

TREASURY BILL 3.48%

TREASURY BILL 3.35%

TREASURY BILL 3.31%

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Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF SHV iShares 0-1 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 0-1 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +3.6%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.15%

Holdings 1939 66

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $17.9bn $21.7bn

ACWX and SHV 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.

SHV

SHV tracks an index of 0-1 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or SHV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and SHV +3.6%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or SHV?: SHV 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 SHV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ACWX ↗

SHV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SHV ↗

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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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