ETF comparison
BIVvsDFCF
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF
Holdings overlap
545 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BIV and DFCF would leave roughly20.0%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
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 thecost calculator pre-filled with BIV vs DFCF.
Top shared holdings
545 shared in total| # | Holding | In BIV | In DFCF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.60% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.65% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.56% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.65% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.70% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.70% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.84% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.10% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.10% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.63% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.71% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.80% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
Only in BIV
1,810 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.08%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.08%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.02%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.08%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.07%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.79%
Only in DFCF
1,162 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%
Open BIV or DFCF at a brokerage
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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.