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BND vs. AGG

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

BND
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iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

AGG
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Correlation

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AGG
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
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SwitchAGGBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF1.00SCHZSchwab Strategic Trust - Schwab US Aggregate Bond ETF0.99EAGGiShares Trust - iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF0.99SPABSPDR Series Trust - SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF0.99AVIGAmerican Century ETF Trust - Avantis Core Fixed Income ETF0.99BKAGBNY Mellon ETF Trust - BNY Mellon Core Bond ETF0.99BIVVanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF0.99FLCBFranklin Templeton ETF Trust - Franklin U.S. Core Bond ETF0.98IUSBBlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF0.98NUBDNuveen Fund Advisors LLC - NuShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF0.98

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BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF
AGGiShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

What is BND?

BND Invests in more than 3000 bonds representative of the broad U.S. investment-grade market. Goal is to keep pace with U.S. bond market returns. Offers relatively high potential for investment income; share value tends to rise and fall modestly. More appropriate for medium- or long-term goals where you re looking for a reliable income stream. Appropriate for diversifying the risks of stocks in a portfolio.

Snapshot
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BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Inception date
Apr 03 2007
Sep 22 2003
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.03%
BND and AGG have the same expense ratio, meaning it’s equally as costly to invest in either one.
Type
US Bonds
US Bonds
BND targets investing in US Bonds, while AGG targets investing in US Bonds.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Blackrock (iShares)
BND is managed by Vanguard, while AGG is managed by Blackrock (iShares).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$433,296,798
$631,408,505
Both BND and AGG are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$94,675,540,467
$91,680,069,240
BND has more assets under management than AGG by $2,995,471,227. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
BND is based off of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, while AGG is based off of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
BND and AGG use the same leverage ratio. Inverse and leveraged ETFs can be used to either take an opposite position or amplify returns of a given index.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
BND and AGG both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
BND and AGG may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither BND nor AGG require a K1.
BND and AGG’s Correlation
When ETFs are correlated, there are 3 main topics to analyze that will help you build your automated trading strategy: liquidity, expense, and risk.
  • Liquidity: In an active trading strategy (trading multiple time per week), it’s important to consider the liquidity of the ETF you’re using. Lower liquidity can mean more money lost in slippage. AUM and average daily volume are both indicators of liquidity.
  • Expense: Some ETFs are more expensive to use than others. For strategies that are focused on longer holding periods, it’s important to factor in how expensive it is to hold this ETF. Expense ratio is the main indicator of how expensive an ETF is.
  • Risk: Some ETFs will be highly correlated, but have varying degrees of returns, due to leverage. It’s important to consider if an ETF is using leverage or not. The main indicators of a riskier ETF will be the use of leverage and higher standard deviation or max drawdown in a backtest.

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