ETF comparison
BSVvsNEAR
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF
Holdings overlap
239 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and NEAR would leave roughly7.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BSV is 22 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/yr more in fees for NEAR.
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 BSV vs NEAR.
Top shared holdings
239 shared in total| # | Holding | In BSV | In NEAR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.48% | 0.78% | 0.48% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.46% | 1.04% | 0.46% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.42% | 3.73% | 0.42% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.42% | 1.60% | 0.42% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% | 1.47% | 0.41% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.36% | 3.20% | 0.36% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.36% | 0.43% | 0.36% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.46% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.38% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.20% | 4.25% | 0.20% |
| 11 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The | 0.08% | 0.20% | 0.08% |
| 12 | Bank of America Corp | 0.06% | 0.13% | 0.06% |
Only in BSV
2,946 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.12%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.89%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.88%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.81%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.80%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.79%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.78%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.77%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.77%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.75%
Only in NEAR
1,342 total- United States Treasury14.14%
- BlackRock Funds III2.74%
- CITIGROUP INC0.48%
- Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust0.37%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.32%
- UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC0.26%
- SMB Private Education Loan Trust0.26%
- Curzon Mortgages PLC0.25%
- CAISSE D'AMORT DETTE SOC0.25%
- Freddie Mac0.25%
Open BSV or NEAR 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.