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CERY vs FAAR: how they differ

CERY and FAAR hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and CERY returned +45.4% over the year. State Street SPDR Bloomberg Enhanced Roll Yield Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF and First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF.

CERY costs 0.70 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 25.7 points; CERY is 4.7 times larger.

CERYFAAR
Expense ratio0.28%0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$1.1bn$241m
Total return, 1 year+45.4%+19.7%
Holdings in common0%
Below its high3.9%, high on May 18, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+45.4%
CERY total return, 1 year
+19.7%
FAAR total return, 1 year
0.28%
CERY expense ratio
0.98%
FAAR expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CERY and FAAR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CERY FAAR
Only in CERY
TRS USD BERYTR 5.91%
Only in FAAR
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 11.19%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.40%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.38%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.36%

On the same fields

CERY
State Street SPDR Bloomberg Enhanced Roll Yield Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF
FAAR
First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF
Issuer State Street First Trust
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +45.4% +19.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +28.2 pts +2.4 pts
Expense ratio 0.28% 0.98%
Holdings 1 4
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.1bn $241m

CERY and FAAR on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CERY in plain words

CERY tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +45.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% a year.

FAAR in plain words

FAAR is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.98% a year. It sat 3.9% below its high of May 18, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +40.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg Commodity Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CERY or FAAR?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CERY returned +45.4% and FAAR +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, CERY or FAAR?
CERY is cheaper, by 0.70 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $70. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
CERY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CERY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗FAAR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FAAR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FAAR ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Cite this page

ETFIQ, CERY against FAAR, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/cery-vs-faar

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