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AGG vs MFUT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AGG returned +0.2% to MFUT's +22.8%, and AGG charges 0.03% to MFUT's 0.89%.

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Net assets: $139.1bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $39m on Jun 30, 2026 for Cambria Chesapeake Pure Trend ETF.

AGG on its own →MFUT on its own →
At a glance
+0.2%
AGG total return, 1 year
+22.8%
MFUT total return, 1 year
0.03%
AGG expense ratio
0.89%
MFUT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.86 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 22.6 points.

AGG vs MFUT: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAGGMFUT
Return
Total return, 1 year+0.2%+22.8%
Total return, 52 weeks+22.8%
Against its benchmark
What it tracksBloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Indexnot published
Treasury bills, 52 weeks+3.7%
Against cash19.1 points ahead
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.03%0.89%
Net assets, AGG as of Nov 4, 2026 and MFUT as of Jun 30, 2026$139.1bn$39m
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
Risk
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns+0.54
Beta to the S&P 500+0.74: about 0.74% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fellfell 0.96%
Down-week capture89.9%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell26 of 52, by 1.07% on average

Method

Risk and return

Jun 7, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 125 weekly returns
AGG MFUT
Return
Total return edge AGG +9.3% −0.6%
Annualized edge AGG +3.8% −0.3%
Price return edge AGG −0.3% −1.0%
Risk
Volatility edge AGG 4.8% 11.7%
Max drawdown edge AGG −4.5% −27.6%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge AGG −0.08 −0.33
Sortino edge AGG −0.12 −0.42
Calmar edge AGG 0.83 −0.01
Reading

From Jun 2024 to Oct 2026, AGG returned more: +9.3% to −0.6%. AGG swung less: 4.8% to 11.7%. AGG fell less at its worst: −4.5% to −27.6%.

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Risk and return: AGG vs MFUT: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAGGMFUTEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+9.3%−0.6%AGGPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+3.8%−0.3%AGGTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return−0.3%−1.0%AGGPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility4.8%11.7%AGGSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation3.4%8.9%AGGLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−4.5%−27.6%AGGDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe−0.08−0.33AGGReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino−0.12−0.42AGGReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar0.83−0.01AGGAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 125 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF MFUT Cambria Chesapeake Pure Trend ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Alternatives ETF
Issuer iShares Cambria
What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Managed futures
Total return, 1 year +0.2% +22.8%
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% 0.89%
Holdings 13462 not read by ETFIQ
Net assets, AGG as of Nov 4, 2026 and MFUT as of Jun 30, 2026 $139.1bn $39m

AGG and MFUT 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.

MFUT

MFUT 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 +0.54 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.74, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.74% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks MFUT fell 0.96% on average, a down-week capture of 89.9%. Over the same 52 weeks MFUT returned +22.8% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 19.1 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Are AGG and MFUT in the same category?
AGG is a bond ETF and MFUT 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 MFUT?
In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and MFUT +22.8%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or MFUT?
AGG is cheaper, by 0.86 percentage points a year. That is about $86 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 ↗
MFUT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
MFUT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Cambria website ↗

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