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BALI vs GPIQ
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and GPIQ hold 45% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | GPIQ |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.73% | 7.48% |
| Apple Inc | 6.59% | 6.59% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.52% | 4.20% |
| Microsoft Corp | 7.90% | 3.96% |
| Alphabet Inc | 3.73% | 3.54% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.05% | 2.78% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.02% | 2.57% |
| Walmart Inc | 1.90% | 2.12% |
| Broadcom Inc | 1.80% | 2.69% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.40% | 3.17% |
| Cisco Systems Inc | 1.25% | 2.05% |
| Texas Instruments Inc | 0.96% | 1.23% |
| Only in BALI | Only in GPIQ |
|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson 1.96% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.62% |
| Home Depot Inc/The 1.52% | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 4.11% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.48% | INTEL CORP 3.01% |
| Pfizer Inc 1.35% | APPLIED MATERIALS INC 2.51% |
| CME Group Inc 1.25% | KLA CORP 1.74% |
| Motorola Solutions Inc 1.17% | SANDISK CORP 1.48% |
| Intercontinental Exchange Inc 1.15% | PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.30% |
| AbbVie Inc 1.14% | LINDE PLC 1.11% |
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2025.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALI | GPIQ | BALI | GPIQ | BALI | GPIQ | |
| 3 months | +6.2% | +2.4% | 2.0% | 2.6% | +1.5 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 6 months | +14.7% | +17.1% | 4.6% | 5.8% | −0.5 pts | −3.1 pts |
| 1 year | +20.9% | +24.2% | 8.6% | 11.3% | +1.0 pts | −1.4 pts |
| Since launch | +77.5% | +97.4% | 29.2% | 38.2% | −8.4 pts | −15.2 pts |
| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | GPIQ Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Premium Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | Goldman Sachs |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 7.4% | 10.5% |
| Expense ratio | not published | not published |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | 11.3% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.4% | +11.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +24.2% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +25.6% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.0 pts | −1.4 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1072 days | 1044 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.
GPIQ in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, GPIQ paid 11.3% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 11.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +24.2%. Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) returned +25.6% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 1.4 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 10.5%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BALI or GPIQ?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and GPIQ paid 11.3%, so GPIQ 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 GPIQ?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and GPIQ returned +24.2% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so GPIQ returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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