Which returned more over the last year, BSV or FXI?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and FXI returned −13.8%, so BSV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or FXI?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and FXI charges 0.73%, so BSV 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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BSV vs FXI: how they differ

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

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and iShares China Large-Cap ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV and FXI 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 BSV	Only in FXI
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	Alibaba Group Holding Limited 8.66%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 8.25%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	Tencent Holdings Limited 7.72%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA 6.02%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	XIAOMI CORPORATION 5.41%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	MEITUAN 4.79%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of Chi 4.41%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%	BYD COMPANY LIMITED 4.09%

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 and Jun 30, 2026.

BSV and FXI on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund	FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	iShares
What it is	Short-Term Bond	China Large-Cap
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	−13.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	−31.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.73%
Holdings	3185	52

BSV in plain words

BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

FXI in plain words

FXI is an index equity fund tracking the China Large-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.73% 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 52 positions, with the top ten at 56.6%. It sat 28.5% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSV or FXI?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and FXI returned −13.8%, so BSV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or FXI?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and FXI charges 0.73%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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