Category
International Bond
Non-US investment-grade bonds, typically currency-hedged to USD. Diversifies interest-rate exposure away from the Fed alone but adds modest costs and complexity.
8 funds in the catalog. Scored using methodology v0.5.2.
All International Bond funds
| Score | Ticker | Name | AUM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | BNDX | Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares | $121.63B† |
| 87 | IAGG | iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF | $11.76B |
| 82 | VWOB | Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund ETF Shares | $6.58B† |
| 74 | EMB | iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF | $12.93B |
| 74 | EMLC | VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF | $4.95B |
| 71 | EBND | State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF | $2.25B |
| 68 | IGOV | iShares International Treasury Bond ETF | $1.30B |
| 59 | PCY | Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF | $1.17B |
† Whole fund: this ETF is one share class of a fund that also sells mutual-fund shares, and the figure covers all of them. Our sources don't report the ETF class on its own.
Compare within International Bond
The closest-held pairs in this category, by holdings overlap. Each side-by-side breaks down shared positions, cost difference, and the full score breakdown.
- EBND vs EMLC 62.0% overlap
- EMB vs VWOB 57.1% overlap
- BNDX vs IAGG 48.7% overlap
- BNDX vs IGOV 42.7% overlap
- IAGG vs IGOV 37.6% overlap
- EMB vs PCY 10.6% overlap
- EBND vs IAGG 10.0% overlap
- BNDX vs EBND 8.6% overlap
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