Which returned more over the last year, JNK or SIVR?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, JNK or SIVR?

SIVR is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

JNK vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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JNK is a bond index fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +1.7%.

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Net assets: $5.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+1.7%

JNK total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.40%

JNK expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SIVR costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.3 points.

JNK vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	JNK	SIVR
Return
Measure	JNK	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	JNK	SIVR
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	JNK	SIVR
What it tracks	Bloomberg High Yield Very Liquid Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	JNK	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.30%
Net assets, JNK as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$5.9bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	JNK	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

JNK State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer State Street abrdn

What it is Tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +1.7% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark +3.1 pts vs AGG +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.30%

Holdings 1142 not counted

Net assets, JNK as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $5.9bn $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

JNK

JNK tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

SIVR

Its expense ratio is 0.30% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SIVR holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JNK or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, JNK or SIVR?: SIVR is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

JNK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JNK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

abrdn website ↗

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