Are AGG and KSPY in the same category?

AGG is a bond ETF and KSPY 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 KSPY?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and KSPY +11.8%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or KSPY?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.85 percentage points a year. That is about $85 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs KSPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AGG returned +0.2% to KSPY's +11.8%, and AGG charges 0.03% to KSPY's 0.88%.

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Net assets on Nov 4, 2026: $139.1bn for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and $135m for KraneShares Hedgeye Hedged Equity Index ETF.

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At a glance

+0.2%

AGG total return, 1 year

+11.8%

KSPY total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.88%

KSPY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.85 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.6 points; AGG is far larger, $139.1bn against $135m.

AGG vs KSPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	KSPY
Return
Measure	AGG	KSPY
Total return, 1 year	+0.2%	+11.8%
Total return, 52 weeks		+11.6%
Against its benchmark
Measure	AGG	KSPY
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	not published
Treasury bills, 52 weeks		+3.7%
Against cash		7.9 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	KSPY
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.88%
Net assets	$139.1bn	$135m
Holdings
Measure	AGG	KSPY
Holdings in common	not published
Risk
Measure	AGG	KSPY
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns		+0.92
Beta to the S&P 500		+0.46: about 0.46% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell		fell 0.44%
Down-week capture		41.0%
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 KSPY KraneShares Hedgeye Hedged Equity Index ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Alternatives ETF

Issuer iShares KraneShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Hedged equity

Total return, 1 year +0.2% +11.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +0.2% (SCHZ) +14.8% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs SCHZ −3.0 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.88%

Holdings 13462 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets $139.1bn $135m

AGG and KSPY 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.

KSPY

KSPY is a hedged 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 +0.92 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.46, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.46% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks KSPY fell 0.44% on average, a down-week capture of 41.0%. Over the same 52 weeks KSPY returned +11.6% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 7.9 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Are AGG and KSPY in the same category?: AGG is a bond ETF and KSPY 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 KSPY?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and KSPY +11.8%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or KSPY?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.85 percentage points a year. That is about $85 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 ↗

KSPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KSPY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

KraneShares page for KSPY ↗

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