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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 and RSP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund
RSP
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF
Where it sitsCore fundCore fund
IssuerVanguardInvesco
What it isUS aggregate bondsS&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 ratio0.03%0.20%
Holdingsn/a503

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