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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and SPSB +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, GLD or SPSB?

SPSB is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

GLD vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GLD is a commodity fund and SPSB a bond index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GLD returned +2.5% against +2.2%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $135.8bn for SPDR Gold Shares and $11.3bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

+2.2%

SPSB total return, 1 year

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

0.04%

SPSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPSB costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; GLD is 12.0 times larger.

GLD vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLD	SPSB
Return
Measure	GLD	SPSB
Total return, 1 year	+2.5%	+2.2%
Drawdown
Measure	GLD	SPSB
Below its high	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GLD	SPSB
What it tracks	Gold	Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	GLD	SPSB
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$135.8bn	$11.3bn
Holdings
Measure	GLD	SPSB
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

GLD SPDR Gold Shares SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF

Issuer State Street State Street

What it is Holds gold Tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +2.5% +2.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +2.7% (IAU) −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs IAU +3.6 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.04%

Holdings not counted 1684

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $135.8bn $11.3bn

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

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About each fund

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.

SPSB

SPSB tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GLD or SPSB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and SPSB +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, GLD or SPSB?: SPSB is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

State Street website ↗

SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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