ACWI: Go With U.S. Funds Instead

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ACWI's portfolio has a lower exposure to technology sector than the S&P 500 index. This can be detrimental as technology sector is expected to grow rapidly in the upcoming decade. In addition, its inclusion of emerging markets stocks has dragged its performance in the past as these markets often have higher volatility and risks involved. Together, these may result in ACWI's continual underperformance to the S&P 500 index in the future. Therefore, we do not think it is necessary to own this fund. YCharts Fund Analysis Good return since the low in 2022, but not as good as... Let us look at ACWI's performance in the past 2 years. As we know, 2022 was a challenging year for the market due to surging inflation. As a result, the market reached a cyclical low in October 2022. Since this bottom, ACWI has delivered a total return of 49.2%. This was quite impressive. Unfortunately, this performance lags some other funds. For example, iShares MSCI World ETF (URTH) which focuses on developed markets stocks, delivered a total return of 51.6% in the same period. The S&P 500 index performed even better, registered a total return of 55.7%. YCharts ACWI includes stocks from both emerging markets and developed markets Let us now look at the portfolio composition of ACWI. As can be seen from the table below, stocks from the U.S. represent about 64.4% of the total portfolio. This is followed by Japan's 5.1%, U.K.'s 3.4%, and China's 2.6%. iShares It may look like that there is too much exposure to U.S. stocks, but we think this is normal as this fund implements market-weighted approach. Since the U.S. market has a much higher market capitalization than any other markets in the world, it should not be a surprise to see a high exposure to U.S. stocks. We like ACWI's exposure to U.S. stocks because many of these U.S. large-cap and mid-cap stocks have competitive business models and can grow their businesses both in the U.S. and globally. Examples of these companies include Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA), and Microsoft (MSFT), Adobe (ADBE), and Visa (V). But its long-term return is inferior than the S&P 500 index Below is a chart that compares ACWI's performance to the S&P 500 index and URTH since its inception in 2012. As can be seen from the chart below, ACWI delivered a total return of only 236.3%. This is inferior than URTH's 272.6% and significantly underperformed the S&P 500 index's return of 433.4%. YCharts Reasons of ACWI's inferior return Why has ACWI trailed the S&P 500 index since its inception? We think there are 2 primary reasons. First, ACWI has lower exposure to technology sector than the S&P 500 index. Below is a chart that shows the sector allocation of ACWI. As can be seen from the chart, information technology sector represents about 25.9% of ACWI's total portfolio. In contrast, technology sector represents about 32.6% of the S&P 500 index. This lower exposure can cause a great impact as technology sector has been the leading growth sector among all other sectors in the past few decades. This trend is expected to continue due to many technological megatrends such as AR/VR, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, etc. Therefore, ACWI's lower exposure to technology sector will likely drag its performance relative to the S&P 500 index. iShares Second, ACWI's exposure to emerging markets is not beneficial. Although some of these markets has outperformed the broader market occasionally, but they rarely consistently outperform the broader market in the long run due to higher risks and volatility involved in these emerging markets. Risks include political risks, policy change risks, regulation risks, currency risks, etc. can contribute to this underperformance in the long run. Below is a chart that compares the total return of iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) to the S&P 500 index. As can be seen, IEMG's 10-year total return was only 33.2%. This is very low compared to the S&P 500 index's return of 237.6%. Therefore, having exposure to emerging markets will not necessarily improve the performance. In fact, it may be a drag to ACWI's performance in the long run. YCharts Investor Takeaway ACWI offers good exposure to developed and emerging markets. However, this exposure has not helped ACWI's return in the past and will likely not improve its return in the long run either. Therefore, we think it is probably better to seek other alternatives instead.  Additional Disclosure: This is not financial advice and that all financial investments carry risks. 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