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As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. FIXD IUSB \n Expense ratio 0.65% 0.06% \n Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $2.8bn $49.8bn \n Total return, 1 year \u22122.6% \u22121.2% \n What it tracks No","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, FIXD against IUSB, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fixd-vs-iusb","a":{"ticker":"FIXD","name":"First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF","issuer":"First Trust","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"FIXD is actively managed and returned \u22122.6% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/fixd","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"\u22122.6%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.65%","as_of":"2025-12-29","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Dec 29, 2025"},{"label":"Holdings","value":"410","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"the issuer\u2019s daily holdings file"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22125.7%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"4.5%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 21, 2026","value":"$0.165","as_of":"2026-10-21","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$2.8bn","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 27, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"IUSB","name":"iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF","issuer":"iShares","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"IUSB tracks an index of Universal USD Bond and returned \u22121.2% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/iusb","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"\u22121.2%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.06%","as_of":"2026-02-23","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Feb 23, 2026"},{"label":"Holdings","value":"18338","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"the issuer\u2019s daily holdings file"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22122.6%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"4.1%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026","value":"$0.1544","as_of":"2026-10-01","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$49.8bn","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026"}]},"overlap_pct":2,"full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/fixd-vs-iusb"}