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US Aggregate Bond

Broad US investment-grade bond market — treasuries, agencies, MBS, corporates. The traditional "bond" leg of a 3-fund portfolio. Distributions are ordinary income, which pulls tax-efficiency scores down meaningfully — many investors hold these in tax-advantaged accounts.

21 funds in the catalog. Scored using methodology v0.3.0.

Top score

BND 86 / 100

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund

Cheapest

BND 0.030%

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund

Largest by AUM

BND $389.70B

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund

All US Aggregate Bond funds

Score Ticker Name AUM
86 BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund $389.70B
86 BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares $69.91B
86 AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF $135.37B
86 SCHZ Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF $10.03B
86 BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund $51.97B
86 VMBS Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares $16.84B
85 MBB iShares MBS ETF $38.31B
84 BLV Vanguard Long-Term Bond Fund $8.49B
84 IUSB iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF $36.54B
81 ICSH iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF $7.28B
81 VUSB Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF $8.22B
79 PULS PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF $15.70B
79 FLOT iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF $9.28B
78 JPST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF $37.61B
78 EAGG iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF $4.69B
76 JAAA Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF $26.91B
73 GVI iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF $3.78B
70 NEAR iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF $4.33B
70 MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund $15.51B
70 FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF $25.56B
68 AGGY WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund $886.3M

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Methodology v0.3.0. See /methodology/ for every threshold and weight used to score these funds.