Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
BND vs FLSP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, BND returned +0.2% to FLSP's +12.2%, and BND charges 0.03% to FLSP's 0.65%.
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Net assets: $167.4bn on Oct 31, 2026 for Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF, and $1.2bn on Nov 3, 2026 for Franklin Systematic Style Premia ETF.
Pair scorecard
BND costs 0.62 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.0 points.
| Measure | BND | FLSP |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +0.2% | +12.2% |
| Total return, 52 weeks | +11.6% | |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index | not published |
| Treasury bills, 52 weeks | +3.7% | |
| Against cash | 7.9 points ahead | |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 0.65% |
| Net assets, BND as of Oct 31, 2026 and FLSP as of Nov 3, 2026 | $167.4bn | $1.2bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Risk | ||
| Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns | −0.13 | |
| Beta to the S&P 500 | −0.06: about 0.06% for each 1% | |
| Its average week when the S&P 500 fell | rose 0.23% | |
| Down-week capture | −21.2% | |
| Weeks the S&P 500 fell | 26 of 52, by 1.07% on average | |
Side by side
BND and FLSP on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BND
BND tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +0.2% with distributions reinvested, against +0.2% 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.
FLSP
FLSP is a multi-strategy fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of −0.13 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of −0.06, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.06% the other way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks FLSP rose 0.23% on average, a down-week capture of −21.2%. Over the same 52 weeks FLSP returned +11.6% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 7.9 percentage points ahead of cash.
Questions people ask
- Are BND and FLSP in the same category?
- BND is a bond ETF and FLSP is an alternatives ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
- Which returned more over the last year, BND or FLSP?
- In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BND returned +0.2% and FLSP +12.2%.
- Which is cheaper, BND or FLSP?
- BND is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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