Which returned more over the last year, IEI or PDBC?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEI returned −1.0% and PDBC returned +55.2%, so PDBC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, IEI or PDBC?

IEI charges 0.15% a year and PDBC charges 0.59%, so IEI 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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IEI vs PDBC: how they differ

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

iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF and Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IEI and PDBC 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 IEI	Only in PDBC
US TREASURY N/B 1.84%	Invesco Premier US Government Money Port 75.58%
TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.98%	POWERSHARES CAYMAN FUND 24.42%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.49%
TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.37%
TREASURY NOTE 0.30%
TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.28%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

IEI and PDBC on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF	PDBC Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Invesco
What it is	3-7 Year Treasury Bond	Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+55.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	+37.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.59%
Holdings	84	2

IEI in plain words

IEI is a bond fund tracking the 3-7 Year 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 0.15% a year. It sat 3.0% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

PDBC in plain words

PDBC is an index equity fund tracking the Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +55.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IEI or PDBC?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEI returned −1.0% and PDBC returned +55.2%, so PDBC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IEI or PDBC?: IEI charges 0.15% a year and PDBC charges 0.59%, so IEI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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