ETF comparison
BND vs GLD
US Aggregate Bond vs Gold.
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · SPDR Gold Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and GLD would leave roughly 0.0% 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.
Holdings data for GLD covers 0.0% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
BND is 37 bps cheaper than GLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $370/yr more in fees for GLD.
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 BND vs GLD.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in BND
17,360 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%
Only in GLD
0 totalEvery GLD position is also held by BND.
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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/.
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.