ETF comparison
BIV vs DFCF
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF
Holdings overlap
586 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BIV and DFCF would leave roughly 20.9% 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
BIV 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with BIV vs DFCF.
Top shared holdings
586 shared in total| # | Holding | In BIV | In DFCF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.60% | 0.91% | 0.91% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.70% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.65% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.56% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.65% | 0.75% | 0.75% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.70% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.68% | 1.00% | 0.68% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.84% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.10% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.63% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.71% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.80% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
Only in BIV
1,769 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.08%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.08%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.02%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.08%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.07%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.79%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.79%
Only in DFCF
1,184 total- Federal National Mortgage Association 6.19%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 5.34%
- United States of America 4.70%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 4.10%
- United States of America 3.07%
- Government National Mortgage Association 2 3.00%
- United States of America 2.94%
- United States of America 2.93%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 2.85%
- United States of America 2.25%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BIV
- BIV vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 19.0%
- BIV vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 18.4%
- BIV vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 17.0%
- BIV vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 16.8%
- BIV vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 16.7%
- BIV vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 15.4%
More comparisons with DFCF
- DFCF vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 18.9%
- DFCF vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 16.6%
- DFCF vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 16.2%
- DFCF vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.3%
- DFCF vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 15.2%
- DFCF vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.2%
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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