All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

ACWI: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

ACWI real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, ACWI returned +18.29% over the past year and +10.82% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 28, 2008, ACWI is up +191.29% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.98%/yr, and is currently −1.08% below its real total-return high on Aug. 13, 2026.

Data ending Wed Aug. 26, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2008-03-28💬 to Wed 2026-08-26 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
ACWI
×
+191.29%
+5.98%/yr
+6.95%/yr
R2=0.920
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2008-03-28💬 to Wed 2026-08-26 Start
Value
End
Value
ACWI
×
$10,000.00
2008-03-28
$29,129.02
2026-08-26

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-26

  YTD YoY
ACWI
×
+10.82% +18.29%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
ACWI
×
−1.08%
on 2026-08-26
from 2026-08-13 peak
−55.29%
on 2009-03-09
from 2008-05-16 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-08-26 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
ACWI
×
+18.29% +34.11%
+15.80%/yr
+64.02%
+17.93%/yr
+39.26%
+6.85%/yr
+137.65%
+9.04%/yr

Annual Returns

Year ACWI
2026 (YTD) +10.82%
2025 +19.22%
2024 +14.16%
2023 +18.31%
2022 −23.34%
2021 +10.86%
2020 +14.77%
2019 +23.76%
2018 −10.83%
2017 +21.76%
2016 +6.20%
2015 −2.92%
2014 +3.06%
2013 +20.56%
2012 +14.76%
2011 −10.48%
2010 +11.12%
2009 +28.86%
2008 −33.91%