ETF comparison
AGGvsIEF
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
16 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and IEF would leave roughly5.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
AGG is 12 bps cheaper than IEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for IEF.
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 IEF.
Top shared holdings
16 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In IEF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock Funds III | 0.62% | 1.09% | 0.62% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.42% | 8.75% | 0.42% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.41% | 8.63% | 0.41% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 6.73% | 0.40% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 8.73% | 0.40% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 8.22% | 0.39% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 8.71% | 0.39% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 8.78% | 0.39% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 8.53% | 0.39% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 8.31% | 0.38% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 9.54% | 0.37% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.35% | 5.81% | 0.35% |
Only in AGG
13,251 total- United States Treasury0.41%
- United States Treasury0.35%
- United States Treasury0.33%
- United States Treasury0.33%
- United States Treasury0.32%
- United States Treasury0.31%
- United States Treasury0.31%
- United States Treasury0.31%
- United States Treasury0.30%
- United States Treasury0.30%
Only in IEF
0 totalEvery IEF position is also held by AGG.
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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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