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

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IALT vs VGSH: how they differ

IALT and VGSH hold 0% of their weight in the same names.

iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IALT and VGSH 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 IALTOnly in VGSH
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 17.26%United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.26%
PRIME SECSRVC BRW/FINANC 1.29%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.41%
PHINIA INC 0.94%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.36%
DISH DBS CORP 0.21%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.32%
DISH DBS CORP 0.19%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
DISH DBS CORP 0.10%United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.27%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.27%

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 May 31, 2026.

IALT and VGSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IALT
iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF
VGSH
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isSystematic Alternatives ActiveShort-Term Treasury
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+1.8%
S&P 500 over the same days+12.1%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+5.4 pts−15.7 pts
Expense rationot published0.03%
Holdings891

IALT in plain words

IALT is an index equity fund tracking the Systematic Alternatives Active. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%.

VGSH in plain words

VGSH is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

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IALT against VGSH, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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