Which returned more over the last year, BND or MRGR?

In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BND returned −0.4% and MRGR returned +8.1%, so MRGR returned more.

Which is cheaper, BND or MRGR?

BND charges 0.03% a year and MRGR charges 0.75%, so BND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are BND and MRGR the same kind of fund?

No. BND is an index ETF and MRGR is an alternatives ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 19, 2026.

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BND vs MRGR: how they differ

Over the year MRGR returned more, +8.1% to BND's −0.4%, and BND charges 0.03% to MRGR's 0.75%.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF and ProShares Merger ETF.

BND and MRGR on the fields both publish, as of Sep 19, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF	MRGR ProShares Merger ETF
Where it sits	Core fund	Alternatives ETF
Issuer	Vanguard	ProShares
What it is	Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds	Event driven
Total return, 1 year	−0.4%	+8.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	−17.0 pts	−8.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.75%
Holdings	16296	not filed
Net assets	$163.3bn	$16m

BND in plain words

BND tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned −0.4% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.9% below its high of Aug 6, 2020 on Sep 18, 2026.

MRGR in plain words

MRGR is an event driven fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of −0.02 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of −0.01, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.01% the other way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks MRGR rose 0.19% on average, a down-week capture of −15.6%. Over the same 52 weeks MRGR returned +8.3% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 4.7 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BND or MRGR?: In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BND returned −0.4% and MRGR returned +8.1%, so MRGR returned more.
Which is cheaper, BND or MRGR?: BND charges 0.03% a year and MRGR charges 0.75%, so BND is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are BND and MRGR the same kind of fund?: No. BND is an index ETF and MRGR is an alternatives ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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