Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
AHLT vs BND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AHLT returned +19.3% to BND's +0.2%, and BND charges 0.03% to AHLT's 0.96%.
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Net assets: $131m on Jul 31, 2026 for AHL Trend ETF, and $167.4bn on Oct 31, 2026 for Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF.
Pair scorecard
BND costs 0.93 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.1 points.
| Measure | AHLT | BND |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +19.3% | +0.2% |
| Total return, 52 weeks | +18.3% | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | not published | Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index |
| Treasury bills, 52 weeks | +3.7% | |
| Against cash | 14.7 points ahead | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.96% | 0.03% |
| Net assets, AHLT as of Jul 31, 2026 and BND as of Oct 31, 2026 | $131m | $167.4bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Risk | ||
| Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns | +0.47 | |
| Beta to the S&P 500 | +0.58: about 0.58% for each 1% | |
| Its average week when the S&P 500 fell | fell 0.88% | |
| Down-week capture | 81.7% | |
| Weeks the S&P 500 fell | 26 of 52, by 1.07% on average | |
Side by side
AHLT and BND on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AHLT
AHLT 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 +0.47 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.58, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.58% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks AHLT fell 0.88% on average, a down-week capture of 81.7%. Over the same 52 weeks AHLT returned +18.3% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 14.7 percentage points ahead of cash.
BND
BND 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 Float Adjusted Index, measured by the closely related Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.
Questions people ask
- Are AHLT and BND in the same category?
- AHLT is an alternatives ETF and BND is a bond ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
- Which returned more over the last year, AHLT or BND?
- In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AHLT returned +19.3% and BND +0.2%.
- Which is cheaper, AHLT or BND?
- BND is cheaper, by 0.93 percentage points a year. That is about $93 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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