MSCI ACWI vs MSCI World ex USA in comparison
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Comparison in detail
MSCI ACWI +11.91%
MSCI World ex USA +12.23%
The performance of the indices is based on the reference ETFs and is displayed in the selected currency.
Basics
| Index | |||
| Index | MSCI All Country World (ACWI) | MSCI World ex USA | |
| Index description | |||
| Index description | The MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) tracks large- and mid-cap stocks from 23 developed and 24 emerging markets worldwide. | The MSCI World ex USA index tracks large and mid cap stocks from developed markets worldwide (excluding the USA). | |
| Investment focus | |||
| Investment focus | Equity, World | Equity, World | |
| Investment approach | |||
| Investment approach | Long-only | Long-only | |
| Sustainability | |||
| Sustainability | No | No | |
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | |||
| Volatility 1 year (in EUR) | 11.15% | 11.13% | |
| Factsheet | |||
| Factsheet | |||
Holdings
| Holdings in ETF | |||
| Holdings in ETF | 2291 | 737 | |
| Holdings in Index | |||
| Holdings in Index | 2414 | 775 | |
| Weight of top 10 holdings | |||
| Weight of top 10 holdings | 25.26% | 12.69% | |
| Top 10 Holdings | |||
| Top 10 Holdings | NVIDIA Corp. 5.11% | ASML Holding NV 2.76% | |
| Apple 4.74% | HSBC Holdings Plc 1.40% | ||
| Microsoft Corp 3.49% | Roche Holding AG 1.22% | ||
| Amazon.com, Inc. 2.33% | Shell Plc 1.14% | ||
| Alphabet, Inc. A 1.95% | Royal Bank of Canada 1.13% | ||
| Novartis AG 1.09% | |||
| Alphabet, Inc. C 1.54% | |||
| Meta Platforms 1.54% | AstraZeneca PLC 1.02% | ||
| Broadcom Inc. 1.53% | Nestlé SA 0.97% | ||
| Micron Technology 1.16% | Siemens AG 0.93% | ||
| United States 62.39% | Japan 21.66% | ||
| Japan 5.22% | United Kingdom 12.16% | ||
| Taiwan 3.44% | Canada 11.97% | ||
| United Kingdom 3.12% | Switzerland 8.51% | ||
| Other 25.83% | Other 45.70% | ||
| Technology 38.83% | Finance 30.17% | ||
| Finance 17.66% | Industrials 14.76% | ||
| Industrials 8.85% | Technology 12.17% | ||
| Healthcare 8.16% | Healthcare 8.54% | ||
| Other 26.50% | Other 34.36% | ||
Performance
| YTD | |||
| YTD | +12.55% | +12.19% | |
| 1 month | |||
| 1 month | -2.91% | +0.82% | |
| 3 months | |||
| 3 months | -2.33% | -2.00% | |
| 6 months | |||
| 6 months | +2.73% | +4.68% | |
| 1 year | |||
| 1 year | +11.91% | +12.23% | |
| 3 years | |||
| 3 years | +60.48% | - | |
| 5 years | |||
| 5 years | +60.77% | - | |
| Since inception (MAX) | |||
| Since inception (MAX) | +470.16% | +40.11% | |
| 2025 | |||
| 2025 | +13.90% | +22.88% | |
| 2024 | |||
| 2024 | +19.09% | - | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2023 | +15.73% | - | |
| 2022 | |||
| 2022 | -8.30% | - | |
Risk
| Volatility 1 year | |||
| Volatility 1 year | 11.15% | 11.13% | |
| Volatility 3 years | |||
| Volatility 3 years | 12.26% | - | |
| Volatility 5 years | |||
| Volatility 5 years | 13.99% | - | |
| Return per risk 1 year | |||
| Return per risk 1 year | 1.07 | 1.10 | |
| Return per risk 3 years | |||
| Return per risk 3 years | 1.39 | - | |
| Return per risk 5 years | |||
| Return per risk 5 years | 0.71 | - | |
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | |||
| Maximum drawdown 1 year | -7.26% | -9.92% | |
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 3 years | -17.63% | - | |
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | |||
| Maximum drawdown 5 years | -17.63% | - | |
| Maximum drawdown since inception | |||
| Maximum drawdown since inception | -26.07% | -13.75% | |
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