US Aggregate Bond

Broad US investment-grade bond market — treasuries, agencies, MBS, corporates. The traditional "bond" leg of a 3-fund portfolio. Distributions are ordinary income, which pulls tax-efficiency scores down meaningfully — many investors hold these in tax-advantaged accounts.

31 funds in the catalog. Scored using methodology v0.5.2. · Read the guide

Top score

BND 89 / 100

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Cheapest

BND 0.030%

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Largest by AUM

BND $400.61B^†

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

All US Aggregate Bond funds

Score	Ticker	Name	Expense	AUM	Yield
89	BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares	0.030%	$400.61B^†	3.79%
89	AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	0.030%	$139.94B	3.80%
89	SPAB	State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF	0.030%	$10.36B	3.87%
89	SCHZ	Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	0.030%	$10.85B	3.92%
89	VMBS	Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares	0.030%	$17.73B^†	3.97%
89	BSV	Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares	0.030%	$71.07B^†	4.12%
89	MBB	iShares MBS ETF	0.040%	$35.89B	4.09%
88	IUSB	iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF	0.060%	$50.20B	3.98%
88	BLV	Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares	0.030%	$8.32B^†	5.10%
87	SPMB	State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond Index ETF	0.040%	$7.03B	3.94%
87	ICSH	iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF	0.080%	$8.97B	3.77%
87	BIV	Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares	0.030%	$51.77B^†	4.49%
86	VUSB	Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF	0.10%	$9.91B	4.28%
85	VCRB	Vanguard Core Bond ETF	0.10%	$8.14B	4.42%
85	FLOT	iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF	0.15%	$11.66B	3.88%
84	PULS	PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF	0.15%	$19.61B	4.35%
83	EAGG	iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	0.10%	$5.11B	3.81%
83	JPST	JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF	0.18%	$42.51B	3.78%
82	PAAA	PGIM AAA CLO ETF	0.19%	$15.01B	4.63%
82	JAAA	Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF	0.20%	$32.37B	4.81%
78	GVI	iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF	0.20%	$3.86B	3.43%
78	DFCF	Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF	0.17%	$11.67B	4.50%
75	MINT	PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund	0.36%	$18.34B	3.71%
75	JCPB	JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF	0.37%	$17.49B	4.58%
74	AGGY	WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund	0.12%	$893.7M	4.81%
74	FBND	Fidelity Total Bond ETF	0.36%	$28.43B	4.82%
74	CGCP	Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF	0.34%	$8.62B	4.73%
73	NEAR	iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF	0.25%	$5.22B	4.14%
72	BINC	iShares Flexible Income Active ETF	0.40%	$16.90B	5.59%
64	BOND	PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund	0.51%	$9.09B	4.89%
62	PYLD	PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund	0.56%	$16.75B	6.02%

† Whole fund: this ETF is one share class of a fund that also sells mutual-fund shares, and the figure covers all of them. Our sources don't report the ETF class on its own.

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