ETF comparison
AGGvsDFCF
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF
Holdings overlap
1,261 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and DFCF would leave roughly13.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
AGG is 14 bps cheaper than DFCF. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for DFCF.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with AGG vs DFCF.
Top shared holdings
1,261 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In DFCF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 0.72% | 0.40% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.35% | 0.73% | 0.35% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.33% | 0.84% | 0.33% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.33% | 0.63% | 0.33% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.32% | 0.80% | 0.32% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.31% | 0.97% | 0.31% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.29% | 1.01% | 0.29% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.29% | 0.77% | 0.29% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.27% | 0.73% | 0.27% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.27% | 0.84% | 0.27% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.41% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
Only in AGG
12,006 total- BlackRock Funds III0.62%
- United States Treasury0.42%
- United States Treasury0.41%
- United States Treasury0.40%
- United States Treasury0.39%
- United States Treasury0.39%
- United States Treasury0.38%
- United States Treasury0.37%
- United States Treasury0.35%
- United States Treasury0.33%
Only in DFCF
446 total- Federal National Mortgage Association6.06%
- Federal National Mortgage Association5.55%
- Federal National Mortgage Association4.66%
- United States of America3.48%
- United States of America3.32%
- United States of America2.94%
- United States of America2.89%
- United States of America2.72%
- Federal National Mortgage Association2.70%
- United States of America2.48%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.