Are AGG and RSST in the same category?

AGG is a bond ETF and RSST 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 RSST?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and RSST +23.3%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or RSST?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.96 percentage points a year. That is about $96 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs RSST: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AGG returned +0.2% to RSST's +23.3%, and AGG charges 0.03% to RSST's 0.99%.

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Net assets: $139.1bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $480m on Jul 31, 2026 for Return Stacked U.S. Stocks & Managed Futures ETF.

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At a glance

+0.2%

AGG total return, 1 year

+23.3%

RSST total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.99%

RSST expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.96 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 23.1 points.

AGG vs RSST: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	RSST
Return
Measure	AGG	RSST
Total return, 1 year	+0.2%	+23.3%
Total return, 52 weeks		+22.5%
Against its benchmark
Measure	AGG	RSST
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	not published
Treasury bills, 52 weeks		+3.7%
Against cash		18.9 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	RSST
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.99%
Net assets, AGG as of Nov 4, 2026 and RSST as of Jul 31, 2026	$139.1bn	$480m
Holdings
Measure	AGG	RSST
Holdings in common	not published
Risk
Measure	AGG	RSST
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns		+0.85
Beta to the S&P 500		+1.45: about 1.45% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell		fell 1.76%
Down-week capture		164.8%
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 RSST Return Stacked U.S. Stocks & Managed Futures ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Alternatives ETF

Issuer iShares Return Stacked

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

Total return, 1 year +0.2% +23.3%

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

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs SCHZ +8.5 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.99%

Holdings 13462 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, AGG as of Nov 4, 2026 and RSST as of Jul 31, 2026 $139.1bn $480m

AGG and RSST 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.

RSST

RSST 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 +0.85 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +1.45, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 1.45% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks RSST fell 1.76% on average, a down-week capture of 164.8%. Over the same 52 weeks RSST returned +22.5% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 18.9 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Are AGG and RSST in the same category?: AGG is a bond ETF and RSST 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 RSST?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and RSST +23.3%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or RSST?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.96 percentage points a year. That is about $96 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 ↗

RSST filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RSST prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Return Stacked website ↗

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