Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
BND vs RSP
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF.
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund | RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core fund | Core fund |
| Issuer | Vanguard | Invesco |
| What it is | US aggregate bonds | S&P 500 equal weight |
| Total return, 1 year | +1.3% | +18.3% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −18.7 pts | −1.7 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 0.20% |
| Holdings | n/a | 503 |
BND in plain words
BND is a bond fund tracking US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.
RSP in plain words
RSP is a index equity fund tracking S&P 500 equal weight. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +18.3% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 503 positions, with the top ten at 3.2%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, BND or RSP?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BND returned +1.3% and RSP returned +18.3%, so RSP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, BND or RSP?
- BND charges 0.03% a year and RSP charges 0.20%, so BND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, BND against RSP, data as of Sep 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/BND-RSP.html Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.
A comparison is not a recommendation. ETFIQ publishes the same fields for every fund and suggests no allocation. Standards and sources