ETF comparison
NEAR vs VMBS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NEAR and VMBS would leave roughly 0.0% 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
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Cost difference
VMBS is 22 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 VMBS.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In NEAR | In VMBS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fannie Mae | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Only in NEAR
1,823 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 VMBS
4,861 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.33%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.30%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.30%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.29%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.28%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.27%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.27%
- Fannie Mae Pool 0.27%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.26%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.26%
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- VMBS vs FLOT · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open NEAR or VMBS 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.