Are IVV and RSBT in the same category?

IVV is a stock ETF and RSBT is an alternatives ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or RSBT?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +14.8% and RSBT +7.9%.

Which is cheaper, IVV or RSBT?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.98 percentage points a year. That is about $98 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

IVV vs RSBT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVV returned +14.8% to RSBT's +7.9%, and IVV charges 0.03% to RSBT's 1.01%.

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Net assets: $872.0bn on Nov 3, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, and $135m on Jul 31, 2026 for Return Stacked Bonds & Managed Futures ETF.

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At a glance

+14.8%

IVV total return, 1 year

+7.9%

RSBT total return, 1 year

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

1.01%

RSBT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 0.98 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.9 points.

IVV vs RSBT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IVV	RSBT
Return
Measure	IVV	RSBT
Total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+7.9%
Total return, 52 weeks		+8.0%
Against its benchmark
Measure	IVV	RSBT
What it tracks	S&P 500	not published
Treasury bills, 52 weeks		+3.7%
Against cash		4.4 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	IVV	RSBT
Expense ratio	0.03%	1.01%
Net assets, IVV as of Nov 3, 2026 and RSBT as of Jul 31, 2026	$872.0bn	$135m
Holdings
Measure	IVV	RSBT
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.3%
Risk
Measure	IVV	RSBT
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns		+0.52
Beta to the S&P 500		+0.52: about 0.52% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell		fell 0.80%
Down-week capture		74.4%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell		26 of 52, by 1.07% on average

Method

Side by side

IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF RSBT Return Stacked Bonds & Managed Futures ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Alternatives ETF

Issuer iShares Return Stacked

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Managed futures

Total return, 1 year +14.8% +7.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.8% (SPY) not measured

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs SPY not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 1.01%

Holdings 505 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, IVV as of Nov 3, 2026 and RSBT as of Jul 31, 2026 $872.0bn $135m

IVV and RSBT on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 37.3%.

RSBT

RSBT is a managed futures fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.52 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.52, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.52% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks RSBT fell 0.80% on average, a down-week capture of 74.4%. Over the same 52 weeks RSBT returned +8.0% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 4.4 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Are IVV and RSBT in the same category?: IVV is a stock ETF and RSBT is an alternatives ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, IVV or RSBT?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +14.8% and RSBT +7.9%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or RSBT?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.98 percentage points a year. That is about $98 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IVV ↗

RSBT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RSBT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Return Stacked website ↗

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