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ETF Comparisons

AGG vs. QQQ

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

AGG
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Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

QQQ
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Correlation

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Top 10 comparisons with AGG:
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AGG
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QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
SwitchBNDVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF1.00SCHZSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab US Aggregate Bond ETF0.99EAGGiShares Trust - iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF0.99SPABSPDR Series Trust - SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF0.99BKAGBNY Mellon ETF Trust - BNY Mellon Core Bond ETF0.99AVIGAmerican Century ETF Trust - Avantis Core Fixed Income ETF0.99IUSBBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF0.98BIVVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF0.98FLCBFranklin Templeton ETF Trust - Franklin U.S. Core Bond ETF0.98BBAGJ.P. Morgan Exchange-Traded Fund Trust - JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF0.98

Top 10 shared holdings

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Performance Measures**

for the time period Sep 26, 2003 to Dec 16, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

AGG

0.4%

0.3%

QQQ

1.3%

3.6%

Diff.

-0.9%

-3.3%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

AGG

-18.4%

5.2%

QQQ

-53.4%

21.5%

Diff.

+35%

-16.3%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

AGG

0.62

0.17

QQQ

0.75

0.28

Diff.

-0.13

-0.11

AGGiShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
QQQInvesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

What is AGG?

The iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance before fees and expenses of the total United States investment grade bond market as defined by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

Snapshot
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AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
Inception date
Sep 22, 2003
Mar 10, 1999
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.2%
AGG has a lower expense ratio than QQQ by 0.17%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in AGG than QQQ.
Type
US Bonds
US Equities
AGG targets investing in US Bonds, while QQQ targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Blackrock (iShares)
Invesco
AGG is managed by Blackrock (iShares), while QQQ is managed by Invesco.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$631,408,505
$17,559,045,883
Both AGG and QQQ are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$91,680,069,240
$197,956,569,440
AGG has more assets under management than QQQ by $106,276,500,200. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
Nasdaq 100 Index
AGG is based off of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, while QQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither AGG nor QQQ use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
AGG and QQQ both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
AGG and QQQ may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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QQQ may issue a K1, while AGG does not. You can find non-K1 alternatives for QQQ in its “Related ETFs” section.

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Category

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OOS Cumulative Return

917.8%

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Category

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OOS Cumulative Return

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