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.

31 funds in the catalog. Scored using methodology v0.5.2. · Read the guide

Top score

BSV 89 / 100

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Cheapest

BSV 0.030%

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Largest by AUM

BND $389.05B^†

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

All US Aggregate Bond funds

Score	Ticker	Name	Expense	AUM	Yield
89	BSV	Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares	0.030%	$69.54B^†	4.10%
89	BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares	0.030%	$389.05B^†	4.13%
89	AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	0.030%	$135.65B	4.13%
89	SCHZ	Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	0.030%	$10.45B	4.30%
89	SPAB	State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF	0.030%	$9.90B	4.22%
89	VMBS	Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares	0.030%	$17.10B^†	4.35%
89	MBB	iShares MBS ETF	0.040%	$36.25B	4.46%
88	IUSB	iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF	0.060%	$48.08B	4.34%
87	BLV	Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares	0.030%	$7.79B^†	5.08%
87	SPMB	State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF	0.040%	$6.82B	4.27%
87	BIV	Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares	0.030%	$50.44B^†	4.46%
87	ICSH	iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF	0.080%	$8.84B	4.13%
86	VUSB	Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF	0.10%	$9.91B	4.28%
85	VCRB	Vanguard Core Bond ETF	0.10%	$7.56B	4.80%
84	FLOT	iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF	0.15%	$11.12B	4.27%
84	PULS	PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF	0.15%	$19.40B	4.37%
83	JPST	JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF	0.18%	$42.13B	4.14%
83	EAGG	iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	0.10%	$4.95B	4.15%
82	PAAA	PGIM AAA CLO ETF	0.19%	$13.92B	4.65%
82	JAAA	Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF	0.20%	$31.49B	4.84%
78	GVI	iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF	0.20%	$3.74B	3.74%
78	DFCF	Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF	0.17%	$11.41B	4.52%
75	MINT	PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund	0.36%	$18.29B	4.09%
75	JCPB	JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF	0.37%	$15.18B	5.00%
74	AGGY	WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund	0.12%	$893.4M	4.76%
74	FBND	Fidelity Total Bond ETF	0.36%	$27.90B	4.80%
73	CGCP	Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF	0.34%	$8.32B	5.25%
73	NEAR	iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF	0.25%	$5.13B	4.49%
71	BINC	iShares Flexible Income Active ETF	0.40%	$16.45B	6.03%
62	BOND	PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund	0.54%	$8.54B	5.37%
58	PYLD	PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund	0.64%	$15.87B	6.57%

† 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.

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