ETF comparison
BNDX vs EMLC
Both International Bond.
Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
235 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and EMLC would leave roughly 5.8% 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
BNDX is 23 bps cheaper than EMLC. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/yr more in fees for EMLC.
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 BNDX vs EMLC.
Top shared holdings
235 shared in total| # | Holding | In BNDX | In EMLC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Poland Government Bond | 0.10% | 0.31% | 0.10% |
| 2 | Republic of Poland Government Bond | 0.10% | 0.44% | 0.10% |
| 3 | Mexican Bonos | 0.09% | 0.76% | 0.09% |
| 4 | Malaysia Government Bond | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 5 | Republic of Poland Government Bond | 0.09% | 0.58% | 0.09% |
| 6 | Mexican Bonos | 0.08% | 0.67% | 0.08% |
| 7 | Mexican Bonos | 0.08% | 0.63% | 0.08% |
| 8 | Mexican Bonos | 0.08% | 0.68% | 0.08% |
| 9 | Mexican Bonos | 0.08% | 0.11% | 0.08% |
| 10 | Republic of Poland Government Bond | 0.07% | 0.39% | 0.07% |
| 11 | Mexican Bonos | 0.07% | 0.41% | 0.07% |
| 12 | Republic of Poland Government Bond | 0.07% | 0.51% | 0.07% |
Only in BNDX
6,583 total- United Kingdom Gilt 0.41%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.37%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.36%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.36%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.35%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.34%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.33%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.33%
- Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe 0.30%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.30%
Only in EMLC
262 total- NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.90%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.84%
- NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.72%
- LETRA TESOURO NACIONAL 0.70%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.68%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.61%
- TITULOS DE TESORERIA 0.60%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.59%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.59%
- LETRA TESOURO NACIONAL 0.58%
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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/.
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