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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and HGER returned +52.8%, so HGER returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or HGER?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and HGER charges 0.68%, 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 HGER: how they differ

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

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV 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 BSV	Only in HGER
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	United States Treasury 17.98%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	United States Treasury 17.65%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	United States Treasury 17.49%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	United States Treasury 16.56%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	United States Treasury 13.97%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	United States Treasury 12.50%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	United States Treasury 3.85%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%

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 HGER on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term 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	Short-Term Bond	Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+52.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	+35.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.68%
Holdings	3185	7

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.

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, BSV or HGER?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and HGER returned +52.8%, so HGER returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or HGER?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and HGER charges 0.68%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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