Which returned more over the last year, FXO or RSPA?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and RSPA +12.6%.

Which is cheaper, FXO or RSPA?

RSPA is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $31. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FXO and RSPA overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 74% of RSPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FXO vs RSPA: how they differ

FXO and RSPA hold 6% of their weight in the same names, and RSPA returned +12.6% over the year. First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Income Advantage ETF.

RSPA costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.7 points; RSPA is 1.2 times larger.

	FXO	RSPA
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.29%
Net assets	$1.0bn	$1.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+7.9%	+12.6%
Holdings in common	6%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.1%	4.2%
Below its high	7.1%, high on Sep 3, 2026	3.2%, high on Aug 26, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+7.9%

FXO total return, 1 year

+12.6%

RSPA total return, 1 year

0.60%

FXO expense ratio

0.29%

RSPA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FXO and RSPA hold 6% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FXO RSPA

American International Group, Inc. 1.69% 0.15%

W.R. Berkley Corporation 0.33% 0.15%

FactSet Research Systems Inc. 0.99% 0.15%

Chubb Limited 0.98% 0.15%

Everest Group, Ltd. 1.64% 0.15%

The Progressive Corporation 1.30% 0.15%

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Class B) 1.69% 0.15%

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. 0.34% 0.15%

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 1.28% 0.15%

Aflac Incorporated 0.95% 0.15%

Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.69% 0.15%

Loews Corporation 1.27% 0.15%

Only in FXO

Chime Financial, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%

MGIC Investment Corporation 1.73%

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. 1.70%

Assured Guaranty Ltd. 1.68%

Markel Group Inc 1.68%

Axis Capital Holdings Limited 1.67%

Old Republic International Corporation 1.67%

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. 1.67%

Only in RSPA

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.61%

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 0.55%

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 0.43%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.43%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.42%

Wells Fargo & Co 0.39%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.36%

Barclays Bank PLC 0.36%

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On the same fields

FXO

First Trust Financials AlphaDEX Fund

RSPA

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Income Advantage ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Invesco

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +7.9% +12.6%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −9.3 pts −4.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.29%

Already in the S&P 500 40.9% 74.0%

Holdings 105 520

Net assets $1.0bn $1.2bn

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

FXO in plain words

FXO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +7.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 41% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 17.1%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

RSPA in plain words

RSPA is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 74% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 520 positions, with the top ten at 4.2%. It sat 3.2% below its high of Aug 26, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FXO or RSPA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FXO returned +7.9% and RSPA +12.6%.
Which is cheaper, FXO or RSPA?: RSPA is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $31. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FXO and RSPA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 41% of FXO and 74% of RSPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FXO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FXO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FXO ↗RSPA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗RSPA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for RSPA ↗

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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.

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