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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and RSP returned +14.8%, so RSP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or RSP?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and RSP charges 0.20%, 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 RSP: how they differ

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

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV and RSP 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 RSP
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	Intel Corp. 0.38%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 0.34%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 0.33%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	ON Semiconductor Corp. 0.33%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	Sandisk Corp. 0.32%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	Western Digital Corp. 0.31%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	Ciena Corp. 0.30%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%	Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 0.29%

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 RSP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund	RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Invesco
What it is	Short-Term Bond	S&P 500 equal weight
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+14.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	−2.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.20%
Holdings	3185	503

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.

RSP in plain words

RSP is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 equal weight. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% 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%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSV or RSP?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and RSP returned +14.8%, so RSP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or RSP?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and RSP charges 0.20%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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