Are AGG and LSEQ in the same category?

AGG is a bond ETF and LSEQ 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 LSEQ?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and LSEQ +26.5%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or LSEQ?

AGG is cheaper, by 2.25 percentage points a year. That is about $225 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs LSEQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AGG returned +0.2% to LSEQ's +26.5%, and AGG charges 0.03% to LSEQ's 2.28%.

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Net assets: $139.1bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $17m on Nov 3, 2026 for Harbor Long-Short Equity ETF.

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At a glance

+0.2%

AGG total return, 1 year

+26.5%

LSEQ total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

2.28%

LSEQ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 2.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 26.3 points; AGG is far larger, $138.8bn against $17m.

AGG vs LSEQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	LSEQ
Return
Measure	AGG	LSEQ
Total return, 1 year	+0.2%	+26.5%
Total return, 52 weeks		+24.5%
Against its benchmark
Measure	AGG	LSEQ
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	not published
Treasury bills, 52 weeks		+3.7%
Against cash		20.8 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	LSEQ
Expense ratio	0.03%	2.28%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$138.8bn	$17m
Holdings
Measure	AGG	LSEQ
Holdings in common	not published
Risk
Measure	AGG	LSEQ
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns		+0.18
Beta to the S&P 500		+0.24: about 0.24% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell		fell 0.27%
Down-week capture		24.8%
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 LSEQ Harbor Long-Short Equity ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Alternatives ETF

Issuer iShares Harbor

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Long-short equity

Total return, 1 year +0.2% +26.5%

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% 2.28%

Holdings 13462 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, AGG as of Nov 4, 2026 and LSEQ as of Nov 3, 2026 $139.1bn $17m

AGG and LSEQ 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.

LSEQ

LSEQ 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 +0.18 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 LSEQ fell 0.27% on average, a down-week capture of 24.8%. Over the same 52 weeks LSEQ returned +24.5% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 20.8 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Are AGG and LSEQ in the same category?: AGG is a bond ETF and LSEQ 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 LSEQ?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and LSEQ +26.5%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or LSEQ?: AGG is cheaper, by 2.25 percentage points a year. That is about $225 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BIL, the T-bill fund these are measured against →SPY, the S&P 500 fund these are measured against →AGG on its own →LSEQ on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AGG dividend history →AGG holdings →LSEQ dividend history →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AGG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

LSEQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

LSEQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Harbor page for LSEQ ↗

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