Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
AGG vs FFLS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AGG returned +0.2% to FFLS's −0.1%, and AGG charges 0.03% to FFLS's 1.24%.
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Net assets: $139.1bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $43m on Aug 31, 2026 for The Future Fund Long/Short ETF.
Pair scorecard
AGG costs 1.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points.
| Measure | AGG | FFLS |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +0.2% | −0.1% |
| Total return, 52 weeks | +1.3% | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | not published |
| Treasury bills, 52 weeks | +3.7% | |
| Against cash | 2.4 points behind | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 1.24% |
| Net assets, AGG as of Nov 4, 2026 and FFLS as of Aug 31, 2026 | $139.1bn | $43m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Risk | ||
| Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns | +0.65 | |
| Beta to the S&P 500 | +0.61: about 0.61% for each 1% | |
| Its average week when the S&P 500 fell | fell 0.70% | |
| Down-week capture | 65.7% | |
| Weeks the S&P 500 fell | 26 of 52, by 1.07% on average | |
Side by side
AGG and FFLS on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AGG
AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +0.2% with distributions reinvested, against +0.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.
FFLS
FFLS is a long-short equity fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.65 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.61, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.61% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks FFLS fell 0.70% on average, a down-week capture of 65.7%. Over the same 52 weeks FFLS returned +1.3% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 2.4 percentage points behind cash.
Questions people ask
- Are AGG and FFLS in the same category?
- AGG is a bond ETF and FFLS is an alternatives ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
- Which returned more over the last year, AGG or FFLS?
- In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and FFLS −0.1%.
- Which is cheaper, AGG or FFLS?
- AGG is cheaper, by 1.21 percentage points a year. That is about $121 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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