Data as of . Every figure is the income desk's own, on published data.
AIPI vs BALI
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, AIPI and BALI hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | AIPI | BALI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | 8.23% | 7.73% |
| APPLE INC. | 2.58% | 6.59% |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 2.52% | 7.90% |
| AMAZON.COM, INC. | 2.34% | 4.52% |
| ALPHABET INC. | 2.29% | 3.73% |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | 2.41% | 2.05% |
| BROADCOM INC. | 2.46% | 1.80% |
| CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 3.04% | 1.25% |
| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORAT | 2.98% | 0.93% |
| PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 8.40% | 0.84% |
| ADOBE INC. | 2.40% | 0.60% |
| SERVICENOW, INC. | 3.17% | 0.35% |
| Only in AIPI | Only in BALI |
|---|---|
| CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS, INC. 11.93% | Alphabet Inc 2.02% |
| Astera Labs, Inc 7.20% | Johnson & Johnson 1.96% |
| DATADOG, INC. 6.65% | Walmart Inc 1.90% |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4.15% | Home Depot Inc/The 1.52% |
| SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 3.95% | JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.48% |
| IONQ Inc 3.62% | Tesla Inc 1.40% |
| PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 3.61% | Pfizer Inc 1.35% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.32% | CME Group Inc 1.25% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings as filed for May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2025.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIPI | BALI | AIPI | BALI | AIPI | BALI | |
| 3 months | +7.3% | +6.2% | 8.4% | 2.0% | +4.5 pts | +1.5 pts |
| 6 months | +21.6% | +14.7% | 16.1% | 4.6% | −9.4 pts | −0.5 pts |
| 1 year | +25.5% | +20.9% | 31.2% | 8.6% | −17.3 pts | +1.0 pts |
| Since launch | +54.8% | +77.5% | 63.2% | 29.2% | −37.0 pts | −8.4 pts |
| AIPI REX AI EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF | BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | REX | iShares |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | AI and technology (AIQ), used as the AI proxy | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | weekly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 35.0% | 7.4% |
| Expense ratio | 0.65% | not published |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 31.2% | 8.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | −10.2% | +11.4% |
| Total return, 1 year | +25.5% | +20.9% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +42.9% | +20.0% |
| Ahead or behind | −17.3 pts | +1.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | 100% | not published |
| Age | 822 days | 1072 days |
AIPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, AIPI paid 31.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +25.5%. AI and technology (AIQ), used as the AI proxy returned +42.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 17.3 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 35.0%, paid weekly. REX estimates that 100% of the distribution paid was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
BALI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 11.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +20.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.0 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 7.4%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, AIPI or BALI?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, AIPI paid 31.2% of its starting price in cash and BALI paid 8.6%, so AIPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, AIPI or BALI?
- With every distribution reinvested, AIPI returned +25.5% and BALI returned +20.9% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so AIPI returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, AIPI against BALI, data as of Sep 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/AIPI-BALI.html Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.