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BCI vs FAAR: how they differ

BCI and FAAR hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and BCI returned +40.2% over the year. abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Strategy K-1 Free ETF and First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF.

BCI costs 0.72 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.5 points; BCI is 14.5 times larger.

BCIFAAR
Expense ratio0.26%0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$3.5bn$241m
Total return, 1 year+40.2%+19.7%
Holdings in common0%
Below its high3.9%, high on May 18, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

+40.2%
BCI total return, 1 year
+19.7%
FAAR total return, 1 year
0.26%
BCI expense ratio
0.98%
FAAR expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BCI and FAAR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BCI FAAR
Only in BCI
United States Treasury 5.17%
United States Treasury 5.13%
United States Treasury 5.09%
United States Treasury 5.07%
United States Treasury 5.07%
United States Treasury 5.04%
United States Treasury 5.03%
United States Treasury 4.99%
Only in FAAR
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 11.19%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.40%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.38%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.36%

On the same fields

BCI
abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Strategy K-1 Free ETF
FAAR
First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF
Issuer abrdn First Trust
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +40.2% +19.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +23.0 pts +2.4 pts
Expense ratio 0.26% 0.98%
Holdings 16 4
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $3.5bn $241m

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

BCI in plain words

BCI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +40.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% a year.

FAAR in plain words

FAAR is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +40.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg Commodity Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.98% a year. It sat 3.9% below its high of May 18, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BCI or FAAR?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BCI returned +40.2% and FAAR +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, BCI or FAAR?
BCI is cheaper, by 0.72 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $72. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
BCI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BCI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗abrdn website ↗FAAR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FAAR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FAAR ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, BCI against FAAR, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/bci-vs-faar

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