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VTIP vs VWOB

TIPS vs International Bond.

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VTIP and VWOB would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VTIP unmatched 99.0% Shared 0.0% VWOB unmatched 97.6%

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.

In VTIP only
25 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VWOB only
930 positions

Side by side

VTIP

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · TIPS

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$73.01B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
4.81%
Top-10 conc.
49.8%
VWOB

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Bond

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$6.58B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
6.10%
Top-10 conc.
5.9%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
85
48
Tax efficiency
48
100
Liquidity
92
N/A
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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VTIP sub-score VWOB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VTIP 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 VTIP vs VWOB.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in VTIP

25 total
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.39%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.33%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.14%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.97%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.74%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.70%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.59%

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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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.