Which returned more over the last year, HGER or LQD?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HGER returned +52.8% and LQD returned −2.7%, so HGER returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, HGER or LQD?

HGER charges 0.68% a year and LQD charges 0.14%, so LQD 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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HGER vs LQD: how they differ

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

Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HGER and LQD 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 HGER	Only in LQD
United States Treasury 17.98%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.88%
United States Treasury 17.65%	ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES LLC 0.12%
United States Treasury 17.49%	DEUTSCHE TELEKOM INTERNATIONAL FIN 0.11%
United States Treasury 16.56%	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING L 144A 0.10%
United States Treasury 13.97%	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO MTN 0.09%
United States Treasury 12.50%	BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC 0.08%
United States Treasury 3.85%	MORGAN STANLEY (FXD-FRN) MTN 0.08%
	CITIGROUP INC (FX-FRN) 0.07%

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.

HGER and LQD on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	HGER Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF	LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Harbor	iShares
What it is	Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy	US investment grade bonds
Total return, 1 year	+52.8%	−2.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+35.3 pts	−20.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.68%	0.14%
Holdings	7	3149

HGER in plain words

HGER is an index equity fund tracking the Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +52.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.68% 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 7 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%.

LQD in plain words

LQD is a bond fund tracking the US investment grade bonds. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.14% a year. It sat 6.4% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HGER or LQD?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HGER returned +52.8% and LQD returned −2.7%, so HGER returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HGER or LQD?: HGER charges 0.68% a year and LQD charges 0.14%, so LQD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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