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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, ACWX or SIVR?

SIVR is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ACWX vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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ACWX is an equity index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +14.3%.

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Net assets: $17.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+14.3%

ACWX total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWX expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SIVR costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points.

ACWX vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWX	SIVR
Return
Measure	ACWX	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+14.3%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	ACWX	SIVR
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ACWX	SIVR
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	ACWX	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.30%
Net assets, ACWX as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$17.9bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWX	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	15.6%

Method

Side by side

ACWX iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares abrdn

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +14.3% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.30%

Holdings 1939 not counted

Net assets, ACWX as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $17.9bn $3.7bn

ACWX and SIVR 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.

SIVR

Its expense ratio is 0.30% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SIVR holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWX or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWX returned +14.3% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, ACWX or SIVR?: SIVR is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

ACWX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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