Which returned more over the last year, EDV or GLD?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −13.3% and GLD +2.5%.

Which is cheaper, EDV or GLD?

EDV is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EDV vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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EDV is a bond index fund and GLD a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GLD returned +2.5% against −13.3%.

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Net assets: $3.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF, and $135.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares.

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At a glance

−13.3%

EDV total return, 1 year

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

0.05%

EDV expense ratio

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

EDV costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.8 points; GLD is far larger, $141.7bn against $3.6bn.

EDV vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EDV	GLD
Return
Measure	EDV	GLD
Total return, 1 year	−13.3%	+2.5%
Drawdown
Measure	EDV	GLD
Below its high	57.0%, high on Mar 9, 2020	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EDV	GLD
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury STRIPS 2030 Year Equal Par Bond Index	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	EDV	GLD
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.40%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.6bn	$141.7bn
Holdings
Measure	EDV	GLD
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Risk and return

Dec 21, 2007 to Oct 23, 2026 · 983 weekly returns

EDV GLD

Return

Total return edge GLD +55.0% +357.7%

Annualized edge GLD +2.3% +8.4%

Price return edge GLD −38.6% +357.7%

Risk

Volatility edge GLD 21.4% 17.1%

Max drawdown edge GLD −59.7% −44.7%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge GLD 0.15 0.47

Sortino edge GLD 0.21 0.69

Calmar edge GLD 0.04 0.19

Reading

GLD returned more: +357.7% to +55.0%. GLD swung less: 17.1% to 21.4%. GLD fell less at its worst: −44.7% to −59.7%.

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Risk and return: EDV vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EDV	GLD	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+55.0%	+357.7%	GLD	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.3%	+8.4%	GLD	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−38.6%	+357.7%	GLD	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	21.4%	17.1%	GLD	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	14.9%	11.7%	GLD	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−59.7%	−44.7%	GLD	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.15	0.47	GLD	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.21	0.69	GLD	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.04	0.19	GLD	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 983 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF GLD SPDR Gold Shares

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Vanguard State Street

What it is Tracks an index of Extended Duration Treasury Holds gold

Total return, 1 year −13.3% +2.5%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +2.7% (IAU)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs IAU

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.40%

Holdings 81 not counted

Net assets, EDV as of Sep 30, 2026 and GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.6bn $135.8bn

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

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EDV and GLD do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. EDV follows Bloomberg U.S. Treasury STRIPS 2030 Year Equal Par Bond Index and GLD follows Gold.
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 EDV returned −13.3% and GLD +2.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 15.8 points.
Cost. EDV charges 0.05% of assets a year and GLD 0.40%, a gap of 0.35 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

EDV

EDV tracks an index of Extended Duration Treasury. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −13.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 57.0% below its high of Mar 9, 2020 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, EDV or GLD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −13.3% and GLD +2.5%.
Which is cheaper, EDV or GLD?: EDV is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

EDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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