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DFCF vs TLT

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

DFCF unmatched 121.8% Shared 0.0% TLT unmatched 98.2%

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.

In DFCF only
1,768 positions
Shared
2 positions
In TLT only
44 positions

Side by side

DFCF

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF

Dimensional · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.17%
Net assets
$11.41B
TTM yield
4.52%
Top-10 conc.
37.4%
TLT

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Long)

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$46.23B
TTM yield
4.78%
Top-10 conc.
41.9%

Sub-score comparison

83
Cost
85
51
Tax efficiency
56
100
Liquidity
100
61
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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DFCF sub-score TLT

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

TLT is 2 bps cheaper than DFCF. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for DFCF.

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 DFCF vs TLT.

Top shared holdings

2 shared in total
# Holding In DFCF In TLT Overlap
1 United States of America 0.30% 0.00% 0.00%
2 United States of America 0.28% 0.00% 0.00%

Only in DFCF

1,768 total
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 6.19%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 5.34%
  • United States of America 4.70%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 4.10%
  • United States of America 3.07%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 2 3.00%
  • United States of America 2.94%
  • United States of America 2.93%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 2.85%
  • United States of America 2.25%

Only in TLT

44 total
  • United States of America 4.58%
  • United States of America 4.50%
  • United States of America 4.46%
  • United States of America 4.40%
  • United States of America 4.15%
  • United States of America 4.04%
  • United States of America 4.03%
  • United States of America 3.95%
  • United States of America 3.94%
  • United States of America 3.86%

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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.