ETF comparison
BOND vs PAAA
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BOND and PAAA would leave roughly 0.3% 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
PAAA is 35 bps cheaper than BOND. On a $100,000 position that's about $350/yr more in fees for BOND.
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 BOND vs PAAA.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In BOND | In PAAA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Park Funding Ltd | 0.18% | 0.74% | 0.18% |
| 2 | Marble Point CLO XXIV Ltd | 0.06% | 0.17% | 0.06% |
| 3 | Silver Rock CLO Ltd | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 4 | Ocean Trails CLO | 0.02% | 0.04% | 0.02% |
| 5 | Pikes Peak CLO | 0.08% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in BOND
1,514 total- UMBS, TBA 5.56%
- PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%
- UMBS, TBA 3.46%
- United States Treasury 3.39%
- UMBS, TBA 2.73%
- United States Treasury 2.57%
- UMBS, TBA 2.54%
- UMBS, TBA 2.27%
- United States Treasury 1.94%
- United States Treasury 1.93%
Only in PAAA
324 total- CBAMR LTD 1.92%
- Regatta XXVII Funding Ltd / Regatta XXVII Funding LLC 1.58%
- ELEVATION CLO 2021-12 LTD 1.13%
- OCTAGON INVESTMENT PARTNERS 31 LTD 1.04%
- Cbam 2020-13 Ltd. 0.99%
- ELMWOOD CLO 25 LTD 0.99%
- NEUBERGER BERMAN LOAN ADVISERS CLO 33 LTD 0.96%
- RR 27 LTD 0.93%
- AGL CLO I LTD 0.87%
- RAD CLO 25 LTD 0.80%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open BOND or PAAA 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.