Are AGG and IMF in the same category?

AGG is a bond ETF and IMF 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 IMF?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and IMF +20.1%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or IMF?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs IMF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AGG returned +0.2% to IMF's +20.1%, and AGG charges 0.03% to IMF's 0.65%.

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Net assets: $139.1bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $304m on Nov 3, 2026 for Invesco Managed Futures Strategy ETF.

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At a glance

+0.2%

AGG total return, 1 year

+20.1%

IMF total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.65%

IMF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.62 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.9 points; AGG is far larger, $138.8bn against $304m.

AGG vs IMF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	IMF
Return
Measure	AGG	IMF
Total return, 1 year	+0.2%	+20.1%
Total return, 52 weeks		+19.2%
Against its benchmark
Measure	AGG	IMF
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	not published
Treasury bills, 52 weeks		+3.7%
Against cash		15.6 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	IMF
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$138.8bn	$304m
Holdings
Measure	AGG	IMF
Holdings in common	not published
Risk
Measure	AGG	IMF
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns		+0.38
Beta to the S&P 500		+0.24: about 0.24% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell		fell 0.14%
Down-week capture		13.0%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell		26 of 52, by 1.07% on average

Method

Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF IMF Invesco Managed Futures Strategy ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Alternatives ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Managed futures

Total return, 1 year +0.2% +20.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +0.2% (SCHZ) not measured

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs SCHZ not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.65%

Holdings 13462 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, AGG as of Nov 4, 2026 and IMF as of Nov 3, 2026 $139.1bn $304m

AGG and IMF on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

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.

IMF

IMF 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 Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.38 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.24, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.24% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks IMF fell 0.14% on average, a down-week capture of 13.0%. Over the same 52 weeks IMF returned +19.2% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 15.6 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Are AGG and IMF in the same category?: AGG is a bond ETF and IMF 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 IMF?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and IMF +20.1%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or IMF?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

IMF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IMF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for IMF ↗

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