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BALI vs ISPY
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BALI and ISPY hold 52% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BALI | ISPY |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 7.73% | 7.07% |
| Apple Inc | 6.59% | 6.31% |
| Microsoft Corp | 7.90% | 4.60% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 4.52% | 3.64% |
| Alphabet Inc | 3.73% | 3.05% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.02% | 2.42% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 2.05% | 1.91% |
| Broadcom Inc | 1.80% | 2.92% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.40% | 1.69% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1.48% | 1.11% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1.96% | 0.75% |
| Walmart Inc | 1.90% | 0.70% |
| Only in BALI | Only in ISPY |
|---|---|
| Medtronic PLC 0.83% | ProShares GENIUS Money Market ETF 10.56% |
| United Therapeutics Corp 0.53% | Micron Technology, Inc. 1.50% |
| CubeSmart 0.47% | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 1.16% |
| Annaly Capital Management Inc 0.46% | Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.84% |
| Cal-Maine Foods Inc 0.41% | Intel Corp. 0.74% |
| Rithm Capital Corp 0.30% | Caterpillar, Inc. 0.56% |
| Elastic NV 0.25% | Oracle Corp. 0.53% |
| Omega Healthcare Investors Inc 0.24% | Applied Materials, Inc. 0.49% |
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALI | ISPY | BALI | ISPY | BALI | ISPY | |
| 3 months | +6.2% | +3.6% | 2.0% | 1.5% | +1.5 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 6 months | +14.7% | +11.8% | 4.6% | 3.5% | −0.5 pts | −3.3 pts |
| 1 year | +20.9% | +16.9% | 8.6% | 5.7% | +1.0 pts | −3.1 pts |
| Since launch | +77.5% | +54.6% | 29.2% | 25.8% | −8.4 pts | −14.8 pts |
| BALI iShares Advantage Large Cap Income ETF | ISPY ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | ProShares |
| Strategy | covered call | covered call |
| Benchmark | S&P 500 (SPY) | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| Pays | monthly | monthly |
| Payout rate, annualised | 7.4% | 5.8% |
| Expense ratio | not published | not published |
| Cash paid, 1 year | 8.6% | 5.7% |
| Price change, 1 year | +11.4% | +10.8% |
| Total return, 1 year | +20.9% | +16.9% |
| Benchmark return, 1 year | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Ahead or behind | +1.0 pts | −3.1 pts |
| Return of capital, latest estimate | not published | not published |
| Age | 1072 days | 989 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.
ISPY in plain words
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, ISPY paid 5.7% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 10.8%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +16.9%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +20.0% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 3.1 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 5.8%, paid monthly.
Questions people ask
- Which paid more, BALI or ISPY?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, BALI paid 8.6% of its starting price in cash and ISPY paid 5.7%, so BALI 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 ISPY?
- With every distribution reinvested, BALI returned +20.9% and ISPY returned +16.9% over the year to Sep 4, 2026, so BALI returned more.
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Where these figures came from
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