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ACWXiShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Grow my money18y track recordRanked #169 of 2,993 in this goal

Tracks the investment results of the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index.

By iShares · Launched 2008

Annual Cost

0.32%

#1,471 of 5,853 · low cost

Fund Size

$11.6B

#241 of 5,853 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+27.1%

Track Record

18 years

#582 of 5,853 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,877+28.8%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global ex-US

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI ACWI ex USA Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 14.6% of fund✓ well diversified

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
23.9%
Technology
23.5%
Industrials
13.9%
Consumer Cyclical
7.1%
Healthcare
6.9%
Basic Materials
6.3%
Consumer Defensive
5.0%
Communication
4.7%
Other
8.7%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
17.3%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-35.3%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.86Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.26Good 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 2026-08-02