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BOND vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BOND is an actively managed bond fund and GLD a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GLD returned +2.5% against −1.4%.

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Net assets: $8.3bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund, and $135.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares.

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At a glance
−1.4%
BOND total return, 1 year
+2.5%
GLD total return, 1 year
0.54%
BOND expense ratio
0.40%
GLD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GLD costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.9 points.

BOND vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBONDGLD
Return
Total return, 1 year−1.4%+2.5%
Drawdown
Below its high3.1%, high on Feb 27, 202624.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedGold
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.54%0.40%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and GLD as of Oct 27, 2026$8.3bn$135.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund GLD SPDR Gold Shares
Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF
Issuer PIMCO State Street
What it is Actively managed Holds gold
Total return, 1 year −1.4% +2.5%
Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +2.7% (IAU)
Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs AGG −0.2 pts vs IAU
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.40%
Holdings 1565 not counted
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.3bn $135.8bn

BOND and GLD on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
BOND

BOND is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. It sat 3.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

GLD

Its expense ratio is 0.40% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLD holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.5% with distributions reinvested, against +2.7% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.7% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or GLD?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and GLD +2.5%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or GLD?
GLD is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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Sources and dates
BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
PIMCO website ↗
State Street website ↗

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