ACWXiShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF
Tracks the investment results of the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index.
By iShares · Launched 2008
Annual Cost
0.32%
#1,520 of 6,035 · low cost
Fund Size
$12.5B
#240 of 6,035 · large
Return (1Y)
+21.3%
Track Record
18 years
#590 of 6,035 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,076+20.8%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Global ex-USCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Focus
Broad Market
Index tracked
MSCI ACWI ex USA Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 14.6% of funddiversified
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
4.7%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
1.9%
ASML Holding N.V.
1.5%
SK hynix Inc.
1.3%
Tencent Holdings Limited
1.1%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
0.9%
ASTRAZENECA PLC
0.8%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
0.8%
Roche Holding AG
0.8%
Novartis AG
0.8%
Asset allocation
Stocks
99.6%
Cash
0.3%
Other
0.1%
By sector
Financial Services
24.9%
Technology
21.3%
Industrials
13.8%
Consumer Cyclical
7.4%
Basic Materials
7.0%
Healthcare
6.9%
Consumer Defensive
4.9%
Energy
4.8%
Other
8.9%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
17.4%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-35.3%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.99Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.45Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in large- and mid-capitalization non-U.S. equities using a representative sampling indexing strategy to track the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The Fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the Underlying Index.
- Inception date
- March 26, 2008
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-09-17