ETF comparison
AGG vs EMB
US Aggregate Bond vs International Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
151 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and EMB would leave roughly 0.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
AGG is 36 bps cheaper than EMB. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/yr more in fees for EMB.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AGG vs EMB.
Top shared holdings
151 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In EMB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNITED MEXICAN STATES | 0.01% | 0.16% | 0.01% |
| 2 | Mexico Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.18% | 0.01% |
| 3 | Uruguay Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.51% | 0.01% |
| 4 | Mexico Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.11% | 0.01% |
| 5 | Republic of Poland Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.29% | 0.01% |
| 6 | Mexico Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.12% | 0.01% |
| 7 | Republic of Poland Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.32% | 0.01% |
| 8 | Mexico Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.11% | 0.01% |
| 9 | Peru Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.32% | 0.01% |
| 10 | Republic of Poland Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.29% | 0.01% |
| 11 | Mexico Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.12% | 0.01% |
| 12 | Mexico Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.09% | 0.01% |
Only in AGG
13,115 total- United States Treasury 0.42%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
Only in EMB
463 total- Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 1.21%
- Ecuador Government International Bonds 0.78%
- Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 0.70%
- Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 0.65%
- Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 0.57%
- Ghana Government International Bonds 0.55%
- EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.50%
- Oman Government International Bonds 0.42%
- UKRAINE GOVERNMENT 0.42%
- REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR 0.39%
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- EMB vs IAGG · iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- EMB vs IGOV · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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/.
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