Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or VEU?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and VEU returned +22.9%, so VEU returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, GOVT or VEU?

GOVT charges 0.05% a year and VEU charges 0.04%, so VEU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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GOVT vs VEU: how they differ

GOVT and VEU hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VEU returned more over the year.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF and Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOVT and VEU hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GOVT	Only in VEU
US TREASURY N/B 0.60%	Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.55%	ASML Holding NV 1.45%
TREASURY BOND (OLD) 0.42%	SK hynix Inc 1.24%
TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.25%	Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.97%
TREASURY BOND (OTR) 0.16%	HSBC Holdings PLC 0.81%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.11%	Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.76%
TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.11%	AstraZeneca PLC 0.73%
TREASURY BOND (2OLD) 0.08%	Novartis AG 0.73%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

GOVT and VEU on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	VEU Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	U.S. Treasury Bond	FTSE All-World ex-US
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+22.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	+5.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.04%
Holdings	216	3860

GOVT in plain words

GOVT is a bond fund tracking the U.S. Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 8.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

VEU in plain words

VEU is an index equity fund tracking the FTSE All-World ex-US. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3860 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or VEU?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and VEU returned +22.9%, so VEU returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GOVT or VEU?: GOVT charges 0.05% a year and VEU charges 0.04%, so VEU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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