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ETF Comparisons

BND vs. VYM

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

BND
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Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

VYM
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Correlation

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Top 10 comparisons with BND:
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BND
Correlation
With:
VYM
Vanguard High Dividend Yield 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 VYM:

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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%

VYM

3.5%

3.1%

Diff.

-3.1%

-2.8%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

BND

-18.1%

5.2%

VYM

-57.0%

18.4%

Diff.

+38.9%

-13.2%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

BND

0.62

0.17

VYM

0.55

0.15

Diff.

+0.07

+0.02

BNDVanguard Total Bond Market ETF
VYMVanguard High Dividend Yield 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
VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
Inception date
Apr 3, 2007
Nov 10, 2006
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.06%
BND has a lower expense ratio than VYM by 0.03%. This can indicate that it’s cheaper to invest in BND than VYM.
Type
US Bonds
US Equities
BND targets investing in US Bonds, while VYM targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Vanguard
Vanguard
BND is managed by Vanguard, while VYM is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$433,296,798
$134,746,385
Both BND and VYM 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
$48,466,955,232
BND has more assets under management than VYM by $46,208,585,235. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
FTSE High Dividend Yield Index
BND is based off of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, while VYM is based off of the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither BND nor VYM use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
BND and VYM 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
Yes
VYM may offer dividends, while BND does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for VYM may vary.
Prospectus
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Neither BND nor VYM require a K1.

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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 toVYM

Super Simple Symphony - Less Derivatives -

Category

Tactical asset allocation, momentum, risk-on/risk-off, ETFs, leveraged ETFs, multi-asset, defensive vs aggressive

OOS Cumulative Return

156.68%

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