Which returned more over the last year, RSP or SLV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RSP returned +16.0% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, RSP or SLV?

RSP is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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RSP vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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RSP is an equity index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, RSP returned +16.0% against +14.9%.

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Net assets: $99.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+16.0%

RSP total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.20%

RSP expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

RSP costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points; RSP is 3.8 times larger.

RSP vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	RSP	SLV
Return
Measure	RSP	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+16.0%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	RSP	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	RSP	SLV
What it tracks	S&P 500 Equal Weight Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	RSP	SLV
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$99.8bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	RSP	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	2.7%

Method

Side by side

RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Invesco iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 equal weight Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +16.0% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark +2.3 pts vs IVV −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.50%

Holdings 508 not counted

Net assets, RSP as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $99.8bn $26.9bn

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

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About each fund

RSP

RSP tracks the S&P 500 equal weight. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 508 positions, with the top ten at 2.7%.

SLV

Its expense ratio is 0.50% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SLV holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% 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, RSP or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, RSP returned +16.0% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, RSP or SLV?: RSP is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

RSP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RSP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco website ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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