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ETF comparison

BND vs FALN

US Aggregate Bond vs US High Yield Bond.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund · iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and FALN would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 0.0% Shared 0.0% FALN only 0.0%
In BND only
0 positions
Shared
0 positions
In FALN only
0 positions

Holdings data for BND covers 0.0% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Holdings data for FALN covers 0.0% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Side by side

BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$389.70B
TTM yield
3.93%
Top-10 conc.
FALN

iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF

iShares · US High Yield Bond

63 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$1.82B
TTM yield
6.42%
Top-10 conc.

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
75
46
Tax efficiency
34
100
Liquidity
68
N/A
Concentration
N/A
Tracking quality
BND sub-score FALN

Tracking-quality sub-score is not yet computed for any fund — see methodology for which inputs are live.

Cost difference

BND is 22 bps cheaper than FALN. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/yr more in fees for FALN.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. It compounds over time — we publish a fuller cost-projection calculator on the methodology page.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in BND

0 total

Every BND position is also held by FALN.

Only in FALN

0 total

Every FALN position is also held by BND.

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.