# CGBL vs the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark

> In the year to Sep 30, 2026, CGBL returned +7.97%, 0.96 points behind the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark’s hypothetical +8.93%.

Data as of Oct 7, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

Rebuilt every trading night. Figures as of Oct 7, 2026; trailing windows end at the last month end, Sep 30, 2026.

## CGBL against the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark

Capital Group Core Balanced ETF holds 60.5% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, which places it in the moderate band. Its matched benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic, 60% stocks, a written rule, not a fund.

+7.97% CGBL, 1 year

+8.93%* Strategic 60, 1 year

−0.96 Difference, points

0.33% Expense ratio

In the year to Sep 30, 2026, CGBL returned +7.97%, 0.96 points behind the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark’s hypothetical +8.93%.

ETFIQ Strategic, 60% stocks: launched on Oct 3, 2026, when ETFIQ froze its rule. Figures before Oct 5, 2026 are hypothetical: today’s rule and funds applied to earlier prices, which is look-ahead. From Oct 5, 2026 the record is tracked, and a window that starts before it is hypothetical as a whole.

### Other allocation ETFs against their benchmarks

### CGBL and Strategic 60 by window

CGBL’s own market-price total return beside Strategic 60 over the same closes; YTD and 1 year as total returns, the longer windows a year over whole months. The difference is the two printed figures subtracted, in percentage points. *Hypothetical as a whole: the benchmark’s window begins before its tracked date, Oct 5, 2026. Data sourced by Tiingo .

| Window | From | To | CGBL | Strategic 60 | Difference, points | Side |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Year to date | Dec 31, 2025 | Oct 7, 2026 | +6.50% | +7.28%* | −0.78 | CGBL behind |
| 1 year | Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2026 | +7.97% | +8.93%* | −0.96 | CGBL behind |
| 3 years, a year | Sep 29, 2023 | Sep 30, 2026 | +15.99% | +14.30%* | +1.69 | CGBL ahead |
| 5 years, a year | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| 10 years, a year | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| Since Sep 28, 2023, a year | Sep 29, 2023 | Sep 30, 2026 | +15.99% | +14.30%* | +1.69 | CGBL ahead |

### Fees

Both fees are already inside the returns above. On $10,000 is the fee times 100, the dollars a year at that fee.

| Portfolio | Fee | A year | On $10,000 | As of |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CGBL | Expense ratio, from its prospectus | 0.33% | $33 | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Strategic 60 | Weighted fund fee, inside its returns | 0.05% | $5 | Oct 7, 2026 |

### Risk over 3 years

From monthly returns, Sep 29, 2023 to Sep 30, 2026, 36 months; the drawdown on daily values. Beta, correlation, tracking error and captures measure the fund against the benchmark.

| Figure | CGBL | Strategic 60 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Volatility, a year | 9.35% | 8.59% |
| Largest drawdown, on daily values | −11.66% | −9.76% |
| Beta to the benchmark | 1.04 | measured against itself |
| Correlation | 0.96 | measured against itself |
| Tracking error, a year | 2.70% | measured against itself |
| Up capture | 1.06 | measured against itself |
| Down capture | 0.95 | measured against itself |

### Questions people ask

Why is CGBL measured against ETFIQ Strategic 60? CGBL holds 60.5% of its net assets in stocks, counted through the funds it holds, so it sits in the moderate band, more than 50% and up to 70% stocks. ETFIQ Strategic 60 is the benchmark for that band. What does ETFIQ Strategic 60 hold? 60% VT and 40% US bonds (BND and AGG in equal parts), rebalanced on the last trading day of each month. It is a published rule, not a fund, and ETFIQ takes no payment from any fund company. Why are the benchmark’s returns hypothetical? Its rule was frozen on a stated date. Returns before it apply today’s rule and funds to earlier prices; the fund’s own returns are its market price with distributions reinvested. The price source does not carry funds that closed before 2016, so nothing here is free of survivorship bias. Total returns are market price with distributions reinvested, net of each fund’s own fees, with nothing else deducted. The price source does not carry funds that closed before 2016, so nothing here is free of survivorship bias. Data sourced by Tiingo .

### Where these figures came from

### Where to next

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Source: ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.
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