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BND QBER \n Expense ratio 0.03% 0.79% \n Net assets, BND as of Oct 31, 2026 and QBER as of Jul 31, 2026 $167.4bn $73m \n Total return, 1 year +0.7% +0.6% \n What it tracks Bloomberg U.S.","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, BND against QBER, data as of Nov 5, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/bnd-vs-qber","a":{"ticker":"BND","name":"Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF","issuer":"Vanguard","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-11-05","verdict":"BND tracks an index of US aggregate bonds and returned +0.7% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/bnd","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+0.7%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.03%","as_of":"2026-04-28","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Apr 28, 2026"},{"label":"Holdings","value":"16300","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"the issuer\u2019s holdings file"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22122.6%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"4.0%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Nov 2, 2026","value":"$0.2568","as_of":"2026-11-02","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$167.4bn","as_of":"2026-10-31","source":"the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Oct 31, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"QBER","name":"TrueShares Quarterly Bear Hedge ETF","issuer":"TrueShares","desk":"alternatives","as_of":"2026-11-05","verdict":"Over the year to Nov 5, 2026, QBER returned 0.6%. When the S&P 500 fell, it rose 0.31% a week.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/qber","key_facts":[{"label":"Correlation with the S&P 500","value":"\u22120.68","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Beta to the S&P 500","value":"\u22120.16","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Down-week capture","value":"\u221219.3%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Against T-bills, 52 weeks","value":"\u22123.0 pts","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"3.2%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment, ex-date Dec 24, 2025","value":"$0.782","as_of":"2025-12-24","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$73m","as_of":"2026-07-31","source":"SEC N-PORT, whole fund, as filed for Jul 31, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.79%","as_of":"2026-02-27","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026"}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/bnd-vs-qber"}