ETF comparison
EMLC vs VWOB
Both International Bond.
VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF · Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EMLC and VWOB 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
VWOB is 15 bps cheaper than EMLC. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/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 VWOB.
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 VWOB
930 total- Argentine Republic Government International Bond 1.20%
- Argentine Republic Government International Bond 0.71%
- Argentine Republic Government International Bond 0.67%
- Argentine Republic Government International Bond 0.58%
- Petroleos Mexicanos 0.55%
- Petroleos Mexicanos 0.51%
- Eagle Funding Luxco Sarl 0.47%
- Eagle Funding Luxco Sarl 0.41%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.38%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.38%
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- EMLC vs EBND · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF 62.0%
- 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%
- EMLC vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- EMLC vs EMB · iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with VWOB
- VWOB vs IAGG · iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VWOB vs IGOV · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- VWOB vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
- VWOB vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- VWOB vs TIP · iShares TIPS Bond ETF 0.0%
- VWOB vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 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/.
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