Which returned more over the last year, BOND or SLV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, BOND or SLV?

SLV is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BOND vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BOND is an actively managed bond fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against −1.4%.

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Net assets: $8.3bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SLV costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.3 points.

BOND vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	SLV
Return
Measure	BOND	SLV
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	SLV
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	SLV
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	SLV
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.50%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026	$8.3bn	$26.9bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	SLV
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer PIMCO iShares

What it is Actively managed Holds silver

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs AGG −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.50%

Holdings 1565 not counted

Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $8.3bn $26.9bn

BOND and SLV 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.

SLV

Its expense ratio is 0.50% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SLV holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or SLV?: SLV is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 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 ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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