Which returned more over the last year, AOR or GLD?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and GLD +2.5%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or GLD?

AOR is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AOR vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AOR is an equity index fund and GLD a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% against +2.5%.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $135.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AOR costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.3 points; GLD is far larger, $135.8bn against $3.9bn.

AOR vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	GLD
Return
Measure	AOR	GLD
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+2.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	GLD
Below its high		24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	GLD
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	GLD
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.40%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$135.8bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	GLD
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%

Method

Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF GLD SPDR Gold Shares

Where it sits Allocation ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +2.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +2.7% (IAU)

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI −0.2 pts vs IAU

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.40%

Holdings 7 not counted

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $135.8bn

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

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About each fund

AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

GLD

Its expense ratio is 0.40% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLD holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.5% with distributions reinvested, against +2.7% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.7% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or GLD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and GLD +2.5%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or GLD?: AOR is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

State Street website ↗

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