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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and IEF −3.2%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or IEF?

Neither: AOR and IEF both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AOR vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to IEF's −3.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $43.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

−3.2%

IEF total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.15%

IEF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 11.0 points; IEF is 11.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AOR vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	IEF
Return
Measure	AOR	IEF
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	−3.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	IEF
Below its high		13.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	IEF
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	IEF
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$43.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	IEF
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and IEF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR IEF

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AOR

ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%

ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%

ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%

ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%

iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%

ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%

ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%

Only in IEF

TREASURY NOTE 8.82%

TREASURY NOTE 8.80%

TREASURY NOTE 8.74%

TREASURY NOTE 8.68%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 8.68%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 8.65%

TREASURY NOTE 8.48%

TREASURY NOTE 8.40%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +7.8% −3.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Holdings 7 17

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and IEF as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $43.5bn

AOR and IEF 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%.

IEF

IEF tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.2% with distributions reinvested. It sat 13.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or IEF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and IEF −3.2%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or IEF?: Neither: AOR and IEF both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

AOR on its own →IEF on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AOR dividend history →AOR holdings →IEF dividend history →IEF holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AOR and IEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

IEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEF ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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