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ETF comparison

NEAR vs TIP

US Aggregate Bond vs TIPS.

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF · iShares TIPS Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NEAR and TIP would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

NEAR unmatched 97.8% Shared 0.0% TIP unmatched 99.4%

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.

In NEAR only
1,824 positions
Shared
0 positions
In TIP only
48 positions

Side by side

NEAR

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

73 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$5.22B
TTM yield
4.14%
Top-10 conc.
28.7%
TIP

iShares TIPS Bond ETF

iShares · TIPS

80 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$14.65B
TTM yield
4.13%
Top-10 conc.
35.7%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
82
52
Tax efficiency
50
88
Liquidity
100
73
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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NEAR sub-score TIP

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

TIP is 7 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for NEAR.

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 NEAR vs TIP.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in NEAR

1,824 total
  • United States Treasury 12.04%
  • United States Treasury 3.76%
  • United States Treasury 3.32%
  • United States Treasury 2.83%
  • United States Treasury 1.83%
  • United States Treasury 1.42%
  • United States Treasury 1.30%
  • United States Treasury 1.08%
  • United States Treasury 0.70%
  • United States Treasury 0.47%

Only in TIP

48 total
  • United States of America 3.99%
  • United States of America 3.94%
  • United States of America 3.92%
  • United States of America 3.71%
  • United States of America 3.55%
  • United States of America 3.37%
  • United States of America 3.32%
  • United States of America 3.31%
  • United States of America 3.29%
  • United States of America 3.29%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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.