Which returned more over the last year, BCI or FTGC?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BCI returned +40.2% and FTGC +42.1%.

Which is cheaper, BCI or FTGC?

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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BCI vs FTGC: how they differ

BCI and FTGC hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and FTGC returned +42.1% over the year. abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Strategy K-1 Free ETF and First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund.

BCI costs 0.72 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points.

	BCI	FTGC
Expense ratio	0.26%	0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$3.5bn	$3.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+40.2%	+42.1%
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+40.2%

BCI total return, 1 year

+42.1%

FTGC total return, 1 year

0.26%

BCI expense ratio

0.98%

FTGC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BCI and FTGC 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 and Oct 8, 2026.

50%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding BCI FTGC

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 5.04%

United States Treasury 5.03%

United States Treasury 4.99%

Only in FTGC

GASOLINE RBOB FUT Dec26 7.38%

BRENT CRUDE FUTR Jan27 6.53%

GOLD 100 OZ FUTR Dec26 6.28%

WTI CRUDE FUTURE Dec26 5.63%

LME ZINC FUTURE Dec26 5.47%

NATURAL GAS FUTR Dec26 5.13%

Low Su Gasoil G Nov26 5.10%

COPPER FUTURE Dec26 5.05%

On the same fields

BCI

abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Strategy K-1 Free ETF

FTGC

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund

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% +42.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +23.0 pts +24.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.26% 0.98%

Holdings 16 30

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $3.5bn $3.4bn

BCI and FTGC 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.

FTGC in plain words

FTGC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +42.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.98% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BCI or FTGC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BCI returned +40.2% and FTGC +42.1%.
Which is cheaper, BCI or FTGC?: 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 ↗FTGC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTGC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTGC ↗

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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 FTGC, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/bci-vs-ftgc

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