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BND vs. VUG

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

BND
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Vanguard Growth ETF

VUG
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Top 10 comparisons with BND:
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BND
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VUG
Vanguard Growth 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 VUG:

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BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF
VUGVanguard Growth 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
VUG Vanguard Growth ETF
Inception date
Apr 3, 2007
Jan 26, 2004
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.04%
BND has a lower expense ratio than VUG by 0.01%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in BND than VUG.
Type
US Bonds
US Equities
BND targets investing in US Bonds, while VUG targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Vanguard
BND is managed by Vanguard, while VUG is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$433,296,798
$205,784,508
Both BND and VUG 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
$89,278,316,853
BND has more assets under management than VUG by $5,397,223,614. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index
BND is based off of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, while VUG is based off of the CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
BND and VUG 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 VUG 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 VUG may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither BND nor VUG require a K1.

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