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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and SPSB +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, IXUS or SPSB?

SPSB is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IXUS vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IXUS returned +14.1% to SPSB's +2.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $57.6bn for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF and $11.3bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

+2.2%

SPSB total return, 1 year

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

0.04%

SPSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPSB costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.9 points; IXUS is 5.1 times larger.

IXUS vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	SPSB
Return
Measure	IXUS	SPSB
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+2.2%
Drawdown
Measure	IXUS	SPSB
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IXUS	SPSB
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI	Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	IXUS	SPSB
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$57.6bn	$11.3bn
Holdings
Measure	IXUS	SPSB
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IXUS and SPSB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IXUS SPSB

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.39%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90%

ASML HOLDING 1.53%

SK HYNIX 1.35%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

SHELL 0.73%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72%

Only in SPSB

SALESFORCE INC SR UNSECURED 03/29 4.65 0.66%

AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA COMPANY GUAR 10/28 3 0.47%

PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER COMPANY GUAR 05/28 4.45 0.45%

AMAZON.COM INC SR UNSECURED 03/29 4 0.45%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP SR UNSECURED 12/28 VAR 0.45%

NVIDIA CORP SR UNSECURED 06/29 4.35 0.43%

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC SR UNSECURED 05/29 VAR 0.38%

ORACLE CORP SR UNSECURED 02/29 4.55 0.37%

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Side by side

IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI Total International Stock Tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +14.1% +2.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (ACWX) −1.4% (AGG)

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

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.04%

Holdings 4584 1684

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $57.6bn $11.3bn

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

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About each fund

IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,584 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 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, IXUS or SPSB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and SPSB +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or SPSB?: SPSB is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

IXUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IXUS ↗

SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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