ETF comparison
EMB vs TIP
International Bond vs TIPS.
iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF · iShares TIPS Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMB and TIP 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
TIP is 21 bps cheaper than EMB. On a $100,000 position that's about $210/yr more in fees for EMB.
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 EMB vs TIP.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in EMB
614 total- Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 1.21%
- Ecuador Government International Bonds 0.78%
- Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 0.70%
- Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 0.65%
- Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 0.57%
- Ghana Government International Bonds 0.55%
- Uruguay Government International Bonds 0.51%
- EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.50%
- Oman Government International Bonds 0.42%
- UKRAINE GOVERNMENT 0.42%
Only in TIP
48 total- United States of America 3.99%
- United States of America 3.94%
- United States of America 3.92%
- United States of America 3.71%
- United States of America 3.55%
- United States of America 3.37%
- United States of America 3.32%
- United States of America 3.31%
- United States of America 3.29%
- United States of America 3.29%
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- EMB vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- EMB vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- EMB vs VWOB · Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 57.1%
- EMB vs PCY · Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF 10.6%
More comparisons with TIP
- TIP vs EMLC · VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF 0.0%
- TIP vs FALN · iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF 0.0%
- TIP vs FLOT · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF 0.0%
- TIP vs GBIL · Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF 0.0%
- TIP vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- TIP vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 0.0%
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.