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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and FXI −19.1%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or FXI?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.70 percentage points a year. That is about $70 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to FXI's −19.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $139.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares China Large-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

−19.1%

FXI total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.73%

FXI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.70 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.7 points; AGG is far larger, $139.3bn against $3.7bn.

AGG vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	FXI
Return
Measure	AGG	FXI
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	−19.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	FXI
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	32.7%, high on Feb 17, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	FXI
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	FTSE China 50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	FXI
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.73%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$139.3bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	FXI
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		58.4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Oct 15, 2004 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,149 weekly returns

AGG FXI

Return

Total return edge FXI +88.2% +196.5%

Annualized edge FXI +2.9% +5.0%

Price return edge FXI −6.8% +85.0%

Risk

Volatility edge AGG 5.1% 27.3%

Max drawdown edge AGG −18.2% −68.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FXI (slight) 0.23 0.25

Sortino edge FXI 0.30 0.36

Calmar edge AGG 0.16 0.07

Reading

FXI returned more: +196.5% to +88.2%. AGG swung less: 5.1% to 27.3%. AGG fell less at its worst: −18.2% to −68.2%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: AGG vs FXI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	FXI	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+88.2%	+196.5%	FXI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.9%	+5.0%	FXI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−6.8%	+85.0%	FXI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	5.1%	27.3%	AGG	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	3.8%	18.8%	AGG	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.2%	−68.2%	AGG	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.23	0.25	FXI (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.30	0.36	FXI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.16	0.07	AGG	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,149 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and FXI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG FXI

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AGG

BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY 3.02%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.39%

TREASURY NOTE 0.38%

Only in FXI

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 9.81%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 8.63%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 8.60%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 6.69%

XIAOMI 4.86%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 4.76%

MEITUAN 4.58%

NETEASE 3.85%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of China Large-Cap

Total return, 1 year −1.4% −19.1%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.73%

Holdings 13469 51

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and FXI as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $3.7bn

AGG and FXI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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AGG and FXI do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. AGG follows Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and FXI follows FTSE China 50 Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AGG returned −1.4% and FXI −19.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 17.7 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

FXI

FXI tracks an index of China Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −19.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.73% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 51 positions, with the top ten at 58.4%. It sat 32.7% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or FXI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and FXI −19.1%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or FXI?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.70 percentage points a year. That is about $70 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG and FXI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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FXI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for FXI ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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