ETF comparison
EMLC vs VGSH
International Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMLC and VGSH 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
VGSH is 27 bps cheaper than EMLC. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for EMLC.
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 EMLC vs VGSH.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in EMLC
497 total- NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.90%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.84%
- MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT 0.76%
- NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.72%
- LETRA TESOURO NACIONAL 0.70%
- MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT 0.68%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.68%
- MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT 0.67%
- MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT 0.63%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.61%
Only in VGSH
91 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.24%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.29%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
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- EMLC vs IAGG · iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF 6.2%
- EMLC vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 5.8%
- EMLC vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
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- VGSH vs FLOT · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGSH vs HYD · VanEck High Yield Muni ETF 0.0%
- VGSH vs HYG · iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGSH vs HYLB · Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGSH vs IAGG · iShares Core International Aggregate 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.