Which returned more over the last year, CWI or IEFA?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CWI returned +17.8% and IEFA +13.9%.

Which is cheaper, CWI or IEFA?

IEFA is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CWI and IEFA overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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CWI vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

CWI and IEFA hold 53% of their weight in the same names, and CWI returned +17.8% over the year. Net assets: $2.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF, and $189.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF.

IEFA costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.9 points; IEFA is far larger, $188.1bn against $2.9bn.

	CWI	IEFA
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.9bn	$188.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.8%	+13.9%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	MSCI EAFE IMI Index
Holdings in common	53%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.1%	12.2%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.8%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+17.8%

CWI total return, 1 year

+13.9%

IEFA total return, 1 year

0.30%

CWI expense ratio

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CWI and IEFA hold 53% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

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53% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CWI IEFA

ASML HOLDING NV 2.00% 2.87%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.93% 1.26%

ROCHE HOLDING AG 0.85% 1.20%

SHELL PLC 0.78% 1.17%

NOVARTIS AG REG 0.72% 1.05%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65% 0.96%

NESTLE SA REG 0.65% 0.95%

SIEMENS AG REG 0.65% 0.87%

SAP SE 0.62% 0.85%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.60% 0.88%

BANCO SANTANDER SA 0.59% 0.77%

ALLIANZ SE REG 0.55% 0.71%

Only in CWI

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 3.38%

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.64%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR 1.96%

SK HYNIX INC 1.88%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 0.85%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.84%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.69%

TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.63%

Only in IEFA

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.95%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.61%

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.49%

MUENCHENER RUECKVERSICHERUNGS-GESE 0.30%

INVESTOR CLASS B 0.28%

NORDEA BANK 0.23%

ATLAS COPCO CLASS A 0.21%

HONG KONG EXCHANGES AND CLEARING 0.20%

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On the same fields

CWI

State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF

IEFA

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI EAFE

Total return, 1 year +17.8% +13.9%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.6 pts −3.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1110 2628

Net assets, CWI as of Oct 8, 2026 and IEFA as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.9bn $189.5bn

CWI and IEFA on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CWI in plain words

CWI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,110 positions, with the top ten at 16.1%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

IEFA in plain words

IEFA tracks the MSCI EAFE. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,628 positions, with the top ten at 12.2%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CWI or IEFA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CWI returned +17.8% and IEFA +13.9%.
Which is cheaper, CWI or IEFA?: IEFA is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CWI and IEFA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CWI and 0% of IEFA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

CWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗IEFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IEFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IEFA ↗

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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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