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ETF Comparisons

BND vs. VT

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

BND
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Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

VT
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Correlation

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Top 10 comparisons with BND:
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BND
Correlation
With:
VT
Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
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

Top 10 shared holdings

The top 10 holdings shared by BND and VT:

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Performance Measures**

for the time period Apr 10, 2007 to Dec 16, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

BND

0.4%

0.3%

VT

2.2%

2.8%

Diff.

-1.8%

-2.5%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

BND

-18.1%

5.2%

VT

-50.3%

20.7%

Diff.

+32.2%

-15.5%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

BND

0.62

0.17

VT

0.49

0.17

Diff.

+0.13

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BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF
VTVanguard Total World Stock 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
VT Vanguard Total World Stock ETF
Inception date
Apr 3, 2007
Jun 24, 2008
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.07%
BND has a lower expense ratio than VT by 0.04%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in BND than VT.
Type
US Bonds
Global Equities
BND targets investing in US Bonds, while VT targets investing in Global Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Vanguard
BND is managed by Vanguard, while VT is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$433,296,798
$138,228,150
Both BND and VT 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
$28,426,068,465
BND has more assets under management than VT by $66,249,472,002. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
FTSE Global All Cap Index
BND is based off of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, while VT is based off of the FTSE Global All Cap Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither BND nor VT use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
BND and VT 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 VT may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither BND nor VT require a K1.

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SOXX Group

Category

Semiconductors, Leveraged ETFs, Tactical, Volatility-aware, Mean-reversion, Momentum, Risk-managed

OOS Cumulative Return

1364.65%

Trading Strategies
Related toVT

Steph combo 2

Category

Tactical asset allocation, Momentum, Trend-following, Leveraged ETFs, Volatility hedging, US large-cap tech, Semiconductors, Treasuries, Global equities

OOS Cumulative Return

91.18%

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Disclaimers

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