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BALI vs FEPI
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and FEPI hold 33% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | FEPI |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.73% | 7.76% |
| Microsoft Corp | 7.90% | 5.19% |
| Apple Inc | 6.59% | 5.14% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.52% | 5.21% |
| Alphabet Inc | 3.73% | 8.83% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.05% | 5.14% |
| Broadcom Inc | 1.80% | 8.05% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.40% | 7.47% |
| Palantir Technologies Inc | 0.84% | 5.17% |
| Netflix Inc | 0.81% | 5.16% |
| Only in BALI | Only in FEPI |
|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc 2.02% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9.98% |
| Johnson & Johnson 1.96% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8.91% |
| Walmart Inc 1.90% | INTEL CORPORATION 5.24% |
| Home Depot Inc/The 1.52% | APPLOVIN CORPORATION 5.16% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.48% | ORACLE CORPORATION 5.16% |
| Pfizer Inc 1.35% | United States of America 2.42% |
| Cisco Systems Inc 1.25% | |
| 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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2025.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALI | FEPI | BALI | FEPI | BALI | FEPI | |
| 3 months | +6.2% | +2.7% | 2.0% | 6.0% | +1.5 pts | +0.6 pts |
| 6 months | +14.7% | +14.8% | 4.6% | 11.7% | −0.5 pts | −5.3 pts |
| 1 year | +20.9% | +17.8% | 8.6% | 23.2% | +1.0 pts | −7.8 pts |
| Since launch | +77.5% | +66.6% | 29.2% | 66.0% | −8.4 pts | −30.1 pts |
| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | FEPI REX FANG & Innovation Equity Premium Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | REX |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy |
| Pays | monthly | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 7.4% | 25.1% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.65% |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | 23.2% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.4% | −7.5% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +17.8% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +25.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.0 pts | −7.8 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1072 days | 1059 days |
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.
FEPI in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, FEPI paid 23.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 7.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +17.8%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ), used as the innovation proxy returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 7.8 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 25.1%, paid weekly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BALI or FEPI?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and FEPI paid 23.2%, so FEPI paid more. Cash paid is not the same as money made: the price change matters too.
- Which returned more once distributions are counted, BALI or FEPI?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and FEPI returned +17.8% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so BALI returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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