Are AGG and TFPN in the same category?

AGG is a bond ETF and TFPN 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 TFPN?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and TFPN +14.2%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or TFPN?

AGG is cheaper, by 1.10 percentage points a year. That is about $110 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs TFPN: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AGG returned +0.2% to TFPN's +14.2%, and AGG charges 0.03% to TFPN's 1.13%.

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Net assets: $139.1bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $170m on Jun 30, 2026 for Blueprint Chesapeake Multi-Asset Trend ETF.

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At a glance

+0.2%

AGG total return, 1 year

+14.2%

TFPN total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

1.13%

TFPN expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 1.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.0 points.

AGG vs TFPN: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	TFPN
Return
Measure	AGG	TFPN
Total return, 1 year	+0.2%	+14.2%
Total return, 52 weeks		+14.4%
Against its benchmark
Measure	AGG	TFPN
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	not published
Treasury bills, 52 weeks		+3.7%
Against cash		10.8 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	TFPN
Expense ratio	0.03%	1.13%
Net assets, AGG as of Nov 4, 2026 and TFPN as of Jun 30, 2026	$139.1bn	$170m
Holdings
Measure	AGG	TFPN
Holdings in common	not published
Risk
Measure	AGG	TFPN
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns		+0.75
Beta to the S&P 500		+1.00: about 1.00% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell		fell 1.32%
Down-week capture		123.6%
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 TFPN Blueprint Chesapeake Multi-Asset Trend ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Alternatives ETF

Issuer iShares Blueprint

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

Total return, 1 year +0.2% +14.2%

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

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs SCHZ −0.6 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.03% 1.13%

Holdings 13462 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, AGG as of Nov 4, 2026 and TFPN as of Jun 30, 2026 $139.1bn $170m

AGG and TFPN 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.

TFPN

TFPN 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 +0.75 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +1.00, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 1.00% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks TFPN fell 1.32% on average, a down-week capture of 123.6%. Over the same 52 weeks TFPN returned +14.4% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 10.8 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Are AGG and TFPN in the same category?: AGG is a bond ETF and TFPN 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 TFPN?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and TFPN +14.2%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or TFPN?: AGG is cheaper, by 1.10 percentage points a year. That is about $110 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 ↗

TFPN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TFPN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Blueprint page for TFPN ↗

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