Which returned more over the last year, BCD or GSG?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BCD returned +31.8% and GSG +57.4%.

Which is cheaper, BCD or GSG?

BCD is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $51. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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BCD vs GSG: how they differ

BCD is a commodity fund and GSG a commodity futures fund, and over the year GSG returned +57.4% against +31.8%. abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Longer Dated Strategy K-1 Free ETF and iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund.

BCD costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 25.6 points; GSG is 2.3 times larger.

	BCD	GSG
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.81%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$445m	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+31.8%	+57.4%
Holdings in common	not published
Below its high		52.8%, high on Jul 2, 2008

+31.8%

BCD total return, 1 year

+57.4%

GSG total return, 1 year

0.30%

BCD expense ratio

0.81%

GSG expense ratio

On the same fields

BCD

abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Longer Dated Strategy K-1 Free ETF

GSG

iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund

Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer abrdn iShares

What it is Tracks an index Holds commodity futures

Total return, 1 year +31.8% +57.4%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +14.6 pts +40.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.81%

Holdings 17 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $445m $1.0bn

BCD and GSG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

BCD in plain words

BCD tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +31.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% a year.

GSG in plain words

GSG holds commodity futures. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +57.4% with distributions reinvested. It sat 52.8% below its high of Jul 2, 2008 on Oct 9, 2026.

Its expense ratio is 0.81% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BCD or GSG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BCD returned +31.8% and GSG +57.4%.
Which is cheaper, BCD or GSG?: BCD is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $51. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Where these figures came from

BCD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BCD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗abrdn website ↗GSG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗iShares page for GSG ↗

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