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TLT vs AGG

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF vs iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

TLT

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Annual cost

0.15%

Fund size

$42.9B

AGG

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Annual cost

0.03%

Fund size

$136.5B

Key differences

Both TLT and AGG are fixed income ETFs. TLT charges 0.15% a year and AGG 0.03%. The main difference: AGG costs 0.12% less per year.

  • AGG costs 0.12% less per year.
  • AGG is much larger than TLT. Larger funds are usually more liquid and less likely to close.
  • Over the last three years, AGG has delivered higher annualized returns.

Side-by-side comparison

TLTAGG
Annual cost (TER)0.15%0.03%
Fund size (AUM)$42.9B$136.5B
Since20022003
Dividend yield4.55%3.96%
Asset classfixed incomefixed income
Regionnorth americanorth america
Strategyindex trackingindex tracking
CAGR 1Y+4.1%+4.9%
CAGR 3Y-1.3%+4.2%
CAGR 5Y-6.2%+0.2%
Sharpe 3Y-0.280.13
Volatility 1Y9.68%3.82%
Max drawdown-48.35%-18.43%

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