Which returned more over the last year, CAOS or IVV?

In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CAOS returned +1.1% and IVV returned +16.6%, so IVV returned more.

Which is cheaper, CAOS or IVV?

CAOS charges 0.63% a year and IVV charges 0.03%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are CAOS and IVV the same kind of fund?

No. CAOS is an alternatives ETF and IVV is an index 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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CAOS vs IVV: how they differ

Over the year IVV returned more, +16.6% to CAOS's +1.1%, and IVV charges 0.03% to CAOS's 0.63%.

Alpha Architect Tail Risk ETF and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

CAOS and IVV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 19, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	CAOS Alpha Architect Tail Risk ETF	IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits	Alternatives ETF	Core fund
Issuer	Alpha Architect	iShares
What it is	Hedged equity	Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+16.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.5 pts	0.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.03%
Holdings	not filed	508
Net assets	$705m	$846.6bn

CAOS in plain words

CAOS is a hedged equity 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 −0.40 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of −0.04, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.04% the other way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks CAOS rose 0.08% on average, a down-week capture of −6.2%. Over the same 52 weeks CAOS returned +1.1% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 2.6 percentage points behind cash.

IVV in plain words

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned +16.6% 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. By its holdings published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 508 positions, with the top ten at 38.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CAOS or IVV?: In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CAOS returned +1.1% and IVV returned +16.6%, so IVV returned more.
Which is cheaper, CAOS or IVV?: CAOS charges 0.63% a year and IVV charges 0.03%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are CAOS and IVV the same kind of fund?: No. CAOS is an alternatives ETF and IVV is an index 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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