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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CWI returned +17.8% and IXUS +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, CWI or IXUS?

IXUS 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 IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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CWI vs IXUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

CWI and IXUS hold 62% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $2.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF, and $58.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF.

IXUS costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points; IXUS is far larger, $58.1bn against $2.9bn.

	CWI	IXUS
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.9bn	$58.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.8%	+18.0%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI
Holdings in common	62%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.1%	14.3%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026	3.8%, high on Sep 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+17.8%

CWI total return, 1 year

+18.0%

IXUS total return, 1 year

0.30%

CWI expense ratio

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CWI and IXUS hold 62% 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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62% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CWI IXUS

ASML HOLDING NV 2.00% 1.68%

SK HYNIX INC 1.88% 1.65%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 0.85% 0.76%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.93% 0.75%

ROCHE HOLDING AG 0.85% 0.71%

SHELL PLC 0.78% 0.69%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.84% 0.63%

NOVARTIS AG REG 0.72% 0.61%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.65% 0.56%

NESTLE SA REG 0.65% 0.56%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD 0.58% 0.53%

BHP GROUP LTD 0.60% 0.52%

Only in CWI

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC 3.38%

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S 2.64%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR 1.96%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GRO 0.69%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GR 0.42%

NOVO NORDISK A/S B 0.33%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS PREF 0.31%

HON HAI PRECISION GDR REG S 0.29%

Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.68%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 2.18%

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 0.56%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 0.36%

NOVO NORDISK CLASS B 0.28%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.28%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.23%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.19%

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On the same fields

CWI

State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF

IXUS

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock

Total return, 1 year +17.8% +18.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +0.6 pts +0.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1110 4586

Net assets, CWI as of Oct 8, 2026 and IXUS as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.9bn $58.6bn

CWI and IXUS 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.

IXUS in plain words

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.0% 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 4,586 positions, with the top ten at 14.3%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CWI or IXUS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CWI returned +17.8% and IXUS +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, CWI or IXUS?: IXUS 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 IXUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of CWI and 0% of IXUS 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 ↗IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IXUS ↗

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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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