ETF comparison
VGLT vs VWOB
US Treasury (Long) vs International Bond.
Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VGLT 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
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Cost difference
VGLT is 12 bps cheaper than VWOB. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for VWOB.
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 VGLT vs VWOB.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In VGLT | In VWOB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.22% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in VGLT
96 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.21%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.21%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.83%
Only in VWOB
929 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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More comparisons with VWOB
- VWOB vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VWOB vs EBND · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF 0.0%
- VWOB vs EMLC · VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF 0.0%
- 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%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open VGLT or VWOB at a brokerage
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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.