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ETF Comparisons

BND vs. VXUS

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

BND
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Vanguard STAR Funds Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

VXUS
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Top 10 comparisons with BND:
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BND
Correlation
With:
VXUS
Vanguard STAR Funds Vanguard Total International 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

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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%

VXUS

2.0%

2.8%

Diff.

-1.6%

-2.5%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

BND

-18.1%

5.2%

VXUS

-36.0%

17.7%

Diff.

+17.9%

-12.5%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

BND

0.62

0.17

VXUS

0.42

0.17

Diff.

+0.2

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BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF
VXUSVanguard STAR Funds Vanguard Total International 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
VXUS Vanguard STAR Funds Vanguard Total International Stock ETF
Inception date
Apr 3, 2007
Jan 28, 2011
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.07%
BND has a lower expense ratio than VXUS by 0.04%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in BND than VXUS.
Type
US Bonds
Global Ex. US Equities
BND targets investing in US Bonds, while VXUS targets investing in Global Ex. US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Vanguard
BND is managed by Vanguard, while VXUS is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$433,296,798
$112,472,630
Both BND and VXUS 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
$56,738,130,416
BND has more assets under management than VXUS by $37,937,410,051. 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 ex US Index
BND is based off of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, while VXUS is based off of the FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither BND nor VXUS use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
BND and VXUS 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 VXUS may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
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Neither BND nor VXUS require a K1.

Trading Strategies
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SOXX Group

Category

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

OOS Cumulative Return

1340.11%

Trading Strategies
Related toVXUS

The Dave Ramsey

Category

Tactical allocation, trend-following, RSI, volatility hedge, leveraged/inverse ETFs, bonds, dividends, small-cap, international, growth

OOS Cumulative Return

71.74%

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