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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and GLDM +2.8%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or GLDM?

GLDM is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 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 GLDM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AOR is an equity index fund and GLDM a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% against +2.8%.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $30.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+2.8%

GLDM total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.10%

GLDM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GLDM costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.0 points; GLDM is 7.8 times larger.

AOR vs GLDM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	GLDM
Return
Measure	AOR	GLDM
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+2.8%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	GLDM
Below its high		24.5%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	GLDM
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	GLDM
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.10%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$30.6bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	GLDM
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 GLDM SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust

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% +2.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +2.5% (GLD)

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI +0.3 pts vs GLD

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.10%

Holdings 7 not counted

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and GLDM as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $30.6bn

AOR and GLDM 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%.

GLDM

Its expense ratio is 0.10% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLDM holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +2.5% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.5% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or GLDM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and GLDM +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or GLDM?: GLDM is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 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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