IWM

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

iShares · $78.04bn in assets, October 8, 2026

Owns roughly 2,000 of the smaller companies in the US stock market, the standard measure of US small caps.

IWM, the iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($78.0 billion), sits in StoryVector’s Beta Book: it tracks a broad segment of the market, so no single narrative drives it. It carries no market story, so it is not ranked against one. Over the past year it returned +16.5%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.

IWM · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+8.5% a yearTotal return since launch, May 2000
+16.5%Last 12 months
+15.1%Year to date
23.8%Volatility since launch

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It tracks a broad segment of the market, so no single narrative drives it.

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We check every ETF against the 22 narratives. This one follows the market, a factor or a manager’s choices rather than a story, so it has no narrative and no Share of Narrative. See the narratives on the board → · See the whole Beta Book →

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
IWM−4.0%−5.1%+15.1%+16.5%+18.7%+6.1%
The marketbroad US ETFs+0.8%+2.6%+14.6%+16.8%+22.9%+12.9%

1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on May 26, 2000: +8.5% a year.

$10,000 invested October 31, 2016

IWM $26,937The market $42,209
$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000$50,000Oct 2016Oct 2018Oct 2020Oct 2022Oct 2024$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000$50,000Oct 2016Oct 2020Oct 2024

Year by year

IWMThe market
-40%-20%0%20%40%IWM 2019: +25.4%The market 2019: +31.3%2019IWM 2020: +20.0%The market 2020: +21.4%2020IWM 2021: +14.5%The market 2021: +27.1%2021IWM 2022: -20.5%The market 2022: -19.8%2022IWM 2023: +16.8%The market 2023: +27.9%2023IWM 2024: +11.4%The market 2024: +23.1%2024IWM 2025: +12.7%The market 2025: +16.8%2025IWM YTD: +15.1%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD-40%-20%0%20%40%IWM 2019: +25.4%The market 2019: +31.3%2019IWM 2020: +20.0%The market 2020: +21.4%2020IWM 2021: +14.5%The market 2021: +27.1%2021IWM 2022: -20.5%The market 2022: -19.8%2022IWM 2023: +16.8%The market 2023: +27.9%2023IWM 2024: +11.4%The market 2024: +23.1%2024IWM 2025: +12.7%The market 2025: +16.8%2025IWM YTD: +15.1%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD

Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if IWM traded for all of it.

Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Common questions

Why does IWM have no story?

It tracks a broad segment of the market, so no single narrative drives it.

How has IWM performed?

IWM returned +16.5% over the past year, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs, to October 2, 2026. Past performance only.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →