ETF comparison
JAAA vs PULS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of JAAA and PULS would leave roughly 0.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
PULS is 5 bps cheaper than JAAA. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for JAAA.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with JAAA vs PULS.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In JAAA | In PULS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whitebox CLO I Ltd. | 0.44% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 2 | Whitebox CLO III Ltd. | 0.08% | 0.09% | 0.08% |
| 3 | Magnetite XXXII Ltd. | 0.60% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in JAAA
595 total- KKR CLO 35 Ltd. 0.85%
- AB BSL CLO 1 Ltd. 0.78%
- Anchorage Capital CLO 16 Ltd. 0.73%
- Palmer Square CLO Ltd. 0.68%
- Ares LXI CLO Ltd. 0.68%
- Carlyle US CLO Ltd. 0.62%
- WISE CLO Ltd. 0.62%
- Carlyle US CLO Ltd. 0.60%
- Regatta XIX Funding Ltd. 0.60%
- Oaktree CLO Ltd. 0.60%
Only in PULS
732 total- PGIM ETF Trust 1.95%
- Suncor Energy Inc. 0.77%
- INTESA SANPAOLO SPA 0.68%
- Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. 0.67%
- Healthpeak Properties Inc 0.58%
- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0.53%
- Essential Utilities Inc 0.52%
- HUDSON YARDS 2025-SPRL MORTGAGE TRUST 0.50%
- ABN AMRO BANK NV 0.50%
- SOFI CONSUMER LOAN PROGRAM 2026-C TRUST 0.49%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open JAAA or PULS at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.