Which returned more over the last year, AGG or FFUT?

In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −0.4% and FFUT returned +26.7%, so FFUT returned more.

Which is cheaper, AGG or FFUT?

AGG charges 0.03% a year and FFUT charges 0.80%, so AGG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are AGG and FFUT the same kind of fund?

No. AGG is an index ETF and FFUT is an alternatives ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 19, 2026.

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AGG vs FFUT: how they differ

Over the year FFUT returned more, +26.7% to AGG's −0.4%, and AGG charges 0.03% to FFUT's 0.80%.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and Fidelity Managed Futures ETF.

AGG and FFUT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 19, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	FFUT Fidelity Managed Futures ETF
Where it sits	Core fund	Alternatives ETF
Issuer	iShares	Fidelity
What it is	Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds	Managed futures
Total return, 1 year	−0.4%	+26.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	−17.0 pts	+10.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.80%
Holdings	13428	not filed
Net assets	$137.3bn	$352m

AGG in plain words

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned −0.4% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.7% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 18, 2026.

FFUT in plain words

FFUT is a managed futures fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of −0.04 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of −0.03, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.03% the other way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks FFUT rose 0.40% on average, a down-week capture of −32.3%. Over the same 52 weeks FFUT returned +27.0% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 23.4 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or FFUT?: In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −0.4% and FFUT returned +26.7%, so FFUT returned more.
Which is cheaper, AGG or FFUT?: AGG charges 0.03% a year and FFUT charges 0.80%, so AGG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are AGG and FFUT the same kind of fund?: No. AGG is an index ETF and FFUT is an alternatives ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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