ETF comparison
EMB vs VWOB
Both International Bond.
iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF · Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
Holdings overlap
578 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMB and VWOB would leave roughly 60.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VWOB is 24 bps cheaper than EMB. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/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 VWOB.
Top shared holdings
578 shared in total| # | Holding | In EMB | In VWOB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina Republic Government International Bonds | 1.10% | 1.14% | 1.10% |
| 2 | Argentina Republic Government International Bonds | 0.71% | 0.75% | 0.71% |
| 3 | Argentina Republic Government International Bonds | 0.63% | 0.66% | 0.63% |
| 4 | Argentina Republic Government International Bonds | 0.52% | 0.54% | 0.52% |
| 5 | EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL | 0.50% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 6 | Ecuador Government International Bonds | 0.77% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 7 | Brazil Government International Bonds | 0.37% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 8 | PETROLEOS MEXICANOS | 0.31% | 0.56% | 0.31% |
| 9 | PETROLEOS MEXICANOS | 0.29% | 0.52% | 0.29% |
| 10 | Uruguay Government International Bonds | 0.51% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 11 | FED REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL | 0.28% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 12 | FED REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL | 0.28% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
Only in EMB
96 total- PETRONAS CAPITAL LTD 0.31%
- REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR 0.26%
- CHINA LIFE INSU OVERS/HK 0.25%
- REPUBLIC OF KENYA 0.17%
- KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN 0.17%
- REPUBLIC OF LATVIA 0.17%
- Costa Rica Government International Bonds 0.17%
- IVORY COAST 0.17%
- Magyar Export-Import Bank Zrt 0.16%
- PETRONAS CAPITAL LTD 0.16%
Only in VWOB
336 total- Eagle Funding Luxco Sarl 0.49%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.41%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.39%
- Provincia de Buenos Aires/Government Bonds 0.33%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.32%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.30%
- Kuwait International Government Bond 0.30%
- QatarEnergy 0.24%
- QatarEnergy 0.23%
- Saudi Government International Bond 0.23%
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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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