Are ATTR and BND in the same category?

ATTR 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 is cheaper, ATTR or BND?

BND is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. That is about $60 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Across categories

ATTR vs BND: Differences, Returns & Fees

ATTR and BND are measured over different days, and BND charges 0.03% to ATTR's 0.63%.

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Net assets: $96m on Jun 30, 2026 for Arin Tactical Tail Risk ETF, and $161.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF.

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At a glance

+7.5%

ATTR total return, since launch, Oct 28, 2025

−1.1%

BND total return, 1 year

0.63%

ATTR expense ratio

0.03%

BND expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BND costs 0.60 points a year less.

ATTR vs BND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ATTR	BND
Return
Measure	ATTR	BND
Total return, 1 year	not published	−1.1%
Total return, 52 weeks	+7.5%
Drawdown
Measure	ATTR	BND
Below its high		3.4%, high on Aug 6, 2020
Against its benchmark
Measure	ATTR	BND
What it tracks	not published	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
Treasury bills, 52 weeks	+3.7%
Against cash	3.8 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	ATTR	BND
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.03%
Net assets, ATTR as of Jun 30, 2026 and BND as of Sep 30, 2026	$96m	$161.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ATTR	BND
Holdings in common	not published
Risk
Measure	ATTR	BND
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns	+0.91
Beta to the S&P 500	+0.21: about 0.21% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell	fell 0.14%
Down-week capture	12.8%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell	25 of 52, by 1.10% on average

Method

Side by side

ATTR Arin Tactical Tail Risk ETF BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

Where it sits Alternatives ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Arin Vanguard

What it is Hedged equity Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds

Total return, 1 year +7.5% (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) −1.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (VOO) (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) −1.2% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark −5.8 pts vs VOO (since launch, Oct 28, 2025) +0.1 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.03%

Holdings not read by ETFIQ 16301

Net assets, ATTR as of Jun 30, 2026 and BND as of Sep 30, 2026 $96m $161.4bn

ATTR and BND on the fields both publish, as of Oct 27, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

ATTR

ATTR is a hedged equity fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.91 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.21, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.21% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 25 of those 52 weeks, by 1.10% on average. In the same weeks ATTR fell 0.14% on average, a down-week capture of 12.8%. Over the same 52 weeks ATTR returned +7.5% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 3.8 percentage points ahead of cash.

BND

BND tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 27, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested, against −1.2% 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. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 6, 2020 on Oct 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Are ATTR and BND in the same category?: ATTR 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 is cheaper, ATTR or BND?: BND is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. That is about $60 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ATTR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ATTR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Arin page for ATTR ↗

BND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for BND ↗

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