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BOND vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BOND is an actively managed bond fund and IAU a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IAU returned +2.7% against −1.4%.

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Net assets: $8.3bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund, and $60.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust.

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At a glance
−1.4%
BOND total return, 1 year
+2.7%
IAU total return, 1 year
0.54%
BOND expense ratio
0.25%
IAU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IAU costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points.

BOND vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBONDIAU
Return
Total return, 1 year−1.4%+2.7%
Drawdown
Below its high3.1%, high on Feb 27, 202624.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedGold
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.54%0.25%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and IAU as of Oct 28, 2026$8.3bn$60.1bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund IAU iShares Gold Trust
Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF
Issuer PIMCO iShares
What it is Actively managed Holds gold
Total return, 1 year −1.4% +2.7%
Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +2.5% (GLD)
Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs AGG +0.2 pts vs GLD
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.25%
Holdings 1565 not counted
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 $8.3bn $60.1bn

BOND and IAU 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.

IAU

Its expense ratio is 0.25% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

IAU holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +2.5% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.6% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or IAU?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and IAU +2.7%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or IAU?
IAU is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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BOND on its own →IAU on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →BOND dividend history →BOND holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
PIMCO website ↗
iShares page for IAU ↗

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