Data as of Sep 19, 2026.
QBER vs VOO: how they differ
Over the year VOO returned more, +16.6% to QBER's −0.4%, and VOO charges 0.03% to QBER's 0.79%.
TrueShares Quarterly Bear Hedge ETF and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.
| QBER TrueShares Quarterly Bear Hedge ETF | VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Alternatives ETF | Core fund |
| Issuer | TrueShares | Vanguard |
| What it is | Hedged equity | Tracks the S&P 500 |
| Total return, 1 year | −0.4% | +16.6% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +16.6% | +16.6% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −16.9 pts | 0.0 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.79% | 0.03% |
| Holdings | not filed | 508 |
| Net assets | $62m | $1000.0bn |
QBER in plain words
QBER is a hedged equity fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of −0.69 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of −0.14, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.14% the other way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks QBER rose 0.19% on average, a down-week capture of −15.4%. Over the same 52 weeks QBER returned −0.4% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 4.0 percentage points behind cash.
VOO in plain words
VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 508 positions, with the top ten at 37.8%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, QBER or VOO?
- In the year to Sep 19, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QBER returned −0.4% and VOO returned +16.6%, so VOO returned more.
- Which is cheaper, QBER or VOO?
- QBER charges 0.79% a year and VOO charges 0.03%, so VOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- Are QBER and VOO the same kind of fund?
- No. QBER is an alternatives ETF and VOO is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.
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