Which returned more over the last year, FTGC or GSG?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGC returned +42.1% and GSG +57.4%.

Which is cheaper, FTGC or GSG?

GSG is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $17. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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FTGC vs GSG: how they differ

FTGC is an actively managed commodity fund and GSG a commodity futures fund, and over the year GSG returned +57.4% against +42.1%. First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund and iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund.

GSG costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.3 points; FTGC is 3.3 times larger.

	FTGC	GSG
Expense ratio	0.98%	0.81%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$3.4bn	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+42.1%	+57.4%
Holdings in common	not published
Below its high		52.8%, high on Jul 2, 2008

+42.1%

FTGC total return, 1 year

+57.4%

GSG total return, 1 year

0.98%

FTGC expense ratio

0.81%

GSG expense ratio

On the same fields

FTGC

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund

GSG

iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund

Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer First Trust iShares

What it is Actively managed Holds commodity futures

Total return, 1 year +42.1% +57.4%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +24.9 pts +40.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.98% 0.81%

Holdings 30 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $3.4bn $1.0bn

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

FTGC in plain words

FTGC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +42.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.98% a year.

GSG in plain words

GSG holds commodity futures. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +57.4% with distributions reinvested. It sat 52.8% below its high of Jul 2, 2008 on Oct 9, 2026.

Its expense ratio is 0.81% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTGC or GSG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGC returned +42.1% and GSG +57.4%.
Which is cheaper, FTGC or GSG?: GSG is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $17. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Where these figures came from

FTGC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTGC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTGC ↗GSG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗iShares page for GSG ↗

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ETFIQ, FTGC against GSG, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/ftgc-vs-gsg

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