Which returned more over the last year, AGG or SIVR?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or SIVR?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AGG vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AGG is a bond index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against −1.4%.

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Net assets: $139.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.4 points.

AGG vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	SIVR
Return
Measure	AGG	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	SIVR
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	SIVR
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.30%
Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$139.4bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares abrdn

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Holds silver

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.30%

Holdings 13469 not counted

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $3.7bn

AGG and SIVR on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

SIVR

Its expense ratio is 0.30% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SIVR holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or SIVR?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

AGG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

abrdn website ↗

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