Which returned more over the last year, BNDX or HGER?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BNDX returned −0.7% and HGER returned +52.8%, so HGER returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BNDX or HGER?

BNDX charges 0.07% a year and HGER charges 0.68%, so BNDX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BNDX vs HGER: how they differ

BNDX and HGER hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and HGER returned more over the year.

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund and Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BNDX and HGER hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BNDX	Only in HGER
French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.18%	United States Treasury 17.98%
Bundesschatzanweisungen 0.14%	United States Treasury 17.65%
Canadian Government Bond 0.13%	United States Treasury 17.49%
Canadian Government Bond 0.10%	United States Treasury 16.56%
Canadian Government Bond 0.10%	United States Treasury 13.97%
Canadian Government Bond 0.09%	United States Treasury 12.50%
Canadian Government Bond 0.08%	United States Treasury 3.85%
Canadian Government Bond 0.08%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026.

BNDX and HGER on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BNDX Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund	HGER Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Harbor
What it is	Total International Bond	Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy
Total return, 1 year	−0.7%	+52.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.2 pts	+35.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.68%
Holdings	6707	7

BNDX in plain words

BNDX is a bond fund tracking the Total International Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −0.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year.

HGER in plain words

HGER is an index equity fund tracking the Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +52.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.68% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BNDX or HGER?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BNDX returned −0.7% and HGER returned +52.8%, so HGER returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BNDX or HGER?: BNDX charges 0.07% a year and HGER charges 0.68%, so BNDX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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