BND was created on 2007-04-03 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on investment grade fixed income. The ETF currently has 131154.33m in AUM and 17795 holdings. BND tracks a broad", market-value-weighted index of US dollar-denominated", investment-grade", taxable", fixed-income securities with maturities of at least one year.
FIXD was created on 2017-02-14 by First Trust. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on broad credit fixed income. The ETF currently has 3340.14m in AUM and 361 holdings. FIXD is an actively managed", broad-based", and broad-maturity bond fund that aims for a weighted average duration within 1 year of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index. The fund may hold derivatives.
Key Details
Apr 03, 2007
Feb 14, 2017
Fixed Income
Fixed Income
Investment Grade
Broad Credit
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Name | Correlation | Market Cap | Return % (1 Year) | Div Yield % |
---|---|---|---|---|
SBAC | 48.00% | $24.39B | +3.39% | 1.86% |
AMT | 47.11% | $97.72B | -5.29% | 3.21% |
NGG | 44.25% | $69.65B | +8.91% | 4.40% |
FTS | 43.79% | $24.58B | +17.11% | 3.56% |
PSA | 43.64% | $50.64B | -2.46% | 4.21% |
SAFE | 43.07% | $1.01B | -39.11% | 5.09% |
ES | 42.71% | $24.24B | +1.66% | 4.48% |
PFSI | 42.50% | $4.86B | -4.14% | 1.28% |
FCPT | 42.34% | $2.58B | -5.38% | 5.51% |
ELS | 42.25% | $11.20B | -14.68% | 3.39% |
OHI | 41.98% | $11.24B | +6.68% | 6.90% |
ED | 41.61% | $36.96B | +5.20% | 3.30% |
RKT | 41.36% | $2.22B | -4.31% | 0.00% |
GTY | 41.24% | $1.58B | -5.67% | 6.71% |
SBRA | 41.08% | $4.27B | +10.66% | 6.73% |
FAF | 39.54% | $6.13B | -0.54% | 3.62% |
TAK | 38.88% | $42.80B | -2.02% | 4.79% |
NNN | 38.87% | $7.91B | -6.22% | 5.61% |
CUBE | 38.57% | $9.37B | -13.58% | 5.05% |
AEP | 38.54% | $60.50B | +15.42% | 3.26% |
Name | Correlation | Market Cap | Return % (1 Year) | Div Yield % |
---|---|---|---|---|
FTV | <0.01% | $16.83B | -8.27% | 0.65% |
XNET | -<0.01% | $294.40M | +174.42% | 0.00% |
TOWN | <0.01% | $2.63B | +5.48% | 2.91% |
FLGT | -0.01% | $532.46M | -26.91% | 0.00% |
LAD | 0.01% | $7.45B | +3.52% | 0.75% |
NEWT | 0.02% | $300.30M | -18.51% | 6.74% |
VRCA | 0.03% | $55.41M | -90.91% | 0.00% |
SRG | -0.03% | $180.24M | -37.25% | 0.00% |
WSBC | 0.04% | $2.92B | -4.30% | 4.90% |
WBTN | -0.04% | $1.27B | -54.19% | 0.00% |
SUZ | -0.05% | $11.64B | +1.75% | 0.00% |
FARM | 0.05% | $36.43M | -37.87% | 0.00% |
GNRC | -0.06% | $10.69B | +16.26% | 0.00% |
WSC | 0.06% | $5.49B | -26.59% | 0.47% |
DB | -0.06% | $64.06B | +113.75% | 2.33% |
SPOT | -0.07% | $130.83B | +89.12% | 0.00% |
TOST | -0.07% | $28.12B | +85.82% | 0.00% |
LOAR | -0.07% | $6.76B | +15.63% | 0.00% |
MSTR | 0.07% | $112.01B | +144.69% | 0.00% |
PAAS | -0.08% | $9.91B | +19.10% | 1.46% |
Name | Correlation | AUM | Expense Ratio | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AGG | 98.34% | $127.59B | 0.03% | |
BND | 98.18% | $132.00B | 0.03% | |
BIV | 97.99% | $23.68B | 0.03% | |
SPAB | 97.95% | $8.52B | 0.03% | |
EAGG | 97.80% | $4.00B | 0.1% | |
SCHZ | 97.39% | $8.66B | 0.03% | |
IUSB | 97.31% | $33.00B | 0.06% | |
JCPB | 97.18% | $7.14B | 0.38% | |
IEF | 97.18% | $35.09B | 0.15% | |
FBND | 97.17% | $19.67B | 0.36% | |
BKAG | 97.08% | $1.95B | 0% | |
IBTP | 96.91% | $145.86M | 0.07% | |
UTEN | 96.64% | $213.14M | 0.15% | |
JBND | 96.43% | $2.46B | 0.25% | |
VCRB | 96.41% | $3.38B | 0.1% | |
AVIG | 96.38% | $1.12B | 0.15% | |
MBB | 96.31% | $39.94B | 0.04% | |
HTRB | 96.24% | $1.99B | 0.29% | |
BBAG | 96.20% | $1.27B | 0.03% | |
IBTO | 96.13% | $364.01M | 0.07% |
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Name | Correlation | Market Cap | Return % (1 Year) | Div Yield % |
---|---|---|---|---|
HUBS | <0.01% | $28.38B | +8.29% | 0.00% |
WAT | 0.01% | $17.80B | -11.07% | 0.00% |
HCAT | 0.01% | $256.13M | -50.07% | 0.00% |
HIMS | -0.02% | $14.67B | +208.52% | 0.00% |
MRTN | -0.02% | $990.14M | -35.41% | 1.98% |
MBI | 0.02% | $254.88M | +15.00% | 0.00% |
ALGN | -0.02% | $14.76B | -12.21% | 0.00% |
SANA | 0.03% | $983.42M | -28.41% | 0.00% |
FLXS | 0.03% | $183.61M | -8.25% | 2.04% |
SATS | 0.03% | $9.43B | +63.45% | 0.00% |
SBSI | -0.04% | $898.79M | -14.60% | 4.84% |
BTG | -0.05% | $4.39B | +10.67% | 3.55% |
PTLO | 0.05% | $642.75M | -3.19% | 0.00% |
QRVO | -0.05% | $8.03B | -27.80% | 0.00% |
ARRY | 0.05% | $1.01B | -36.88% | 0.00% |
KRO | -0.05% | $659.16M | -52.09% | 3.53% |
HONE | -0.06% | $515.18M | -10.41% | 2.87% |
ATNM | -0.06% | $48.98M | -77.31% | 0.00% |
LXRX | 0.06% | $370.44M | -54.67% | 0.00% |
COGT | -0.06% | $1.89B | +22.27% | 0.00% |
Name | Correlation | AUM | Expense Ratio | |
---|---|---|---|---|
VBK | 0.03% | $19.67B | 0.07% | |
BBUS | -0.03% | $5.23B | 0.02% | |
GSUS | -0.03% | $2.71B | 0.07% | |
SCHK | -0.05% | $4.45B | 0.03% | |
TSPA | 0.06% | $1.86B | 0.34% | |
VONE | -0.07% | $6.57B | 0.07% | |
BUFF | 0.08% | $729.50M | 0.89% | |
XLC | 0.08% | $23.73B | 0.09% | |
IWB | 0.10% | $42.63B | 0.15% | |
SUSL | 0.10% | $970.61M | 0.1% | |
XSW | -0.10% | $505.26M | 0.35% | |
SCHX | -0.10% | $57.93B | 0.03% | |
DFVX | -0.10% | $398.46M | 0.19% | |
SILJ | 0.10% | $1.58B | 0.69% | |
USMC | -0.11% | $3.31B | 0.12% | |
BKLC | 0.11% | $3.74B | 0% | |
DCOR | 0.11% | $1.93B | 0.14% | |
FTLS | -0.12% | $1.94B | 1.38% | |
IJT | -0.13% | $6.11B | 0.18% | |
ICVT | -0.14% | $2.90B | 0.2% |
Name | Correlation | Market Cap | Return % (1 Year) | Div Yield % |
---|---|---|---|---|
DFDV | -24.48% | $218.16M | +1,755.57% | 0.00% |
TRMD | -21.61% | $1.84B | -51.14% | 21.62% |
KOS | -20.78% | $1.05B | -60.22% | 0.00% |
LPG | -20.04% | $1.26B | -19.34% | 0.00% |
STNG | -19.92% | $2.33B | -40.40% | 3.53% |
NVGS | -19.20% | $1.12B | -2.89% | 1.24% |
INSW | -19.19% | $2.02B | -19.85% | 1.20% |
HQY | -18.83% | $8.54B | +25.89% | 0.00% |
VNOM | -18.74% | $4.92B | -9.57% | 3.20% |
LPLA | -18.29% | $31.91B | +80.12% | 0.30% |
ASC | -18.19% | $435.49M | -50.55% | 6.31% |
FCNCA | -18.03% | $26.80B | -3.39% | 0.37% |
JPM | -17.91% | $832.70B | +40.80% | 1.77% |
MVO | -17.89% | $64.97M | -38.92% | 18.29% |
DHT | -17.32% | $1.80B | -4.60% | 7.31% |
NAT | -17.26% | $590.79M | -25.20% | 10.53% |
ANET | -16.62% | $153.34B | +40.92% | 0.00% |
CIVI | -16.55% | $2.90B | -54.19% | 6.56% |
TK | -16.10% | $640.91M | +15.73% | 0.00% |
NPKI | -15.81% | $759.01M | +8.72% | 0.00% |
Name | Correlation | AUM | Expense Ratio | |
---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | -33.35% | $203.41M | 0.77% | |
USDU | -33.13% | $138.04M | 0.5% | |
UGA | -17.05% | $78.10M | 0.97% | |
OILK | -16.83% | $72.71M | 0.69% | |
FLJH | -16.29% | $90.05M | 0.09% | |
DBE | -16.06% | $54.40M | 0.77% | |
BNO | -15.86% | $112.53M | 1% | |
USL | -15.82% | $44.37M | 0.85% | |
USO | -15.62% | $1.01B | 0.6% | |
DBJP | -15.34% | $382.90M | 0.45% | |
DXJ | -15.26% | $3.55B | 0.48% | |
HEWJ | -14.01% | $363.84M | 0.5% | |
THTA | -12.53% | $36.37M | 0.61% | |
COMT | -12.51% | $622.38M | 0.48% | |
DBO | -12.22% | $230.97M | 0.77% | |
PXJ | -12.20% | $26.68M | 0.66% | |
FXN | -11.10% | $279.52M | 0.62% | |
GSG | -10.97% | $1.01B | 0.75% | |
PDBC | -10.82% | $4.59B | 0.59% | |
ICLO | -10.81% | $336.00M | 0.19% |
Name | Correlation | Market Cap | Return % (1 Year) | Div Yield % |
---|---|---|---|---|
DFDV | -25.32% | $218.16M | +1,755.57% | 0.00% |
TRMD | -23.92% | $1.84B | -51.14% | 21.62% |
STNG | -22.17% | $2.33B | -40.40% | 3.53% |
LPG | -22.07% | $1.26B | -19.34% | 0.00% |
INSW | -22.01% | $2.02B | -19.85% | 1.20% |
HQY | -21.94% | $8.54B | +25.89% | 0.00% |
KOS | -21.91% | $1.05B | -60.22% | 0.00% |
NVGS | -21.89% | $1.12B | -2.89% | 1.24% |
FCNCA | -21.37% | $26.80B | -3.39% | 0.37% |
ASC | -21.06% | $435.49M | -50.55% | 6.31% |
JPM | -20.90% | $832.70B | +40.80% | 1.77% |
LPLA | -20.84% | $31.91B | +80.12% | 0.30% |
VNOM | -20.09% | $4.92B | -9.57% | 3.20% |
NAT | -19.53% | $590.79M | -25.20% | 10.53% |
DHT | -19.27% | $1.80B | -4.60% | 7.31% |
MVO | -18.94% | $64.97M | -38.92% | 18.29% |
TK | -18.77% | $640.91M | +15.73% | 0.00% |
ANET | -18.64% | $153.34B | +40.92% | 0.00% |
ETN | -18.54% | $152.64B | +27.99% | 1.01% |
JBL | -18.52% | $24.30B | +100.96% | 0.14% |
Name | Correlation | AUM | Expense Ratio | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AGG | 99.62% | $127.59B | 0.03% | |
SPAB | 99.41% | $8.52B | 0.03% | |
IUSB | 99.13% | $33.00B | 0.06% | |
EAGG | 99.08% | $4.00B | 0.1% | |
SCHZ | 98.82% | $8.66B | 0.03% | |
FBND | 98.77% | $19.67B | 0.36% | |
BIV | 98.58% | $23.68B | 0.03% | |
JCPB | 98.42% | $7.14B | 0.38% | |
FIXD | 98.18% | $3.33B | 0.65% | |
AVIG | 98.10% | $1.12B | 0.15% | |
BKAG | 98.05% | $1.95B | 0% | |
DFCF | 97.82% | $7.21B | 0.17% | |
IBTP | 97.55% | $145.86M | 0.07% | |
UITB | 97.41% | $2.35B | 0.39% | |
VCRB | 97.40% | $3.38B | 0.1% | |
BBAG | 97.38% | $1.27B | 0.03% | |
IEF | 97.30% | $35.09B | 0.15% | |
GOVI | 97.29% | $939.90M | 0.15% | |
UTEN | 97.18% | $213.14M | 0.15% | |
HTRB | 97.12% | $1.99B | 0.29% |
Name | Correlation | AUM | Expense Ratio | |
---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | -33.51% | $203.41M | 0.77% | |
USDU | -32.62% | $138.04M | 0.5% | |
FLJH | -21.08% | $90.05M | 0.09% | |
DBJP | -20.24% | $382.90M | 0.45% | |
DXJ | -20.12% | $3.55B | 0.48% | |
HEWJ | -18.87% | $363.84M | 0.5% | |
OILK | -18.70% | $72.71M | 0.69% | |
UGA | -18.64% | $78.10M | 0.97% | |
DBE | -17.70% | $54.40M | 0.77% | |
USL | -17.65% | $44.37M | 0.85% | |
BNO | -17.24% | $112.53M | 1% | |
USO | -16.92% | $1.01B | 0.6% | |
PXJ | -15.21% | $26.68M | 0.66% | |
COMT | -14.61% | $622.38M | 0.48% | |
DBO | -14.52% | $230.97M | 0.77% | |
THTA | -14.34% | $36.37M | 0.61% | |
FXN | -13.96% | $279.52M | 0.62% | |
PXE | -13.60% | $71.59M | 0.63% | |
XES | -13.43% | $158.16M | 0.35% | |
PSCE | -13.42% | $63.45M | 0.29% |
Name | Correlation | AUM | Expense Ratio | |
---|---|---|---|---|
PNQI | 0.07% | $786.58M | 0.6% | |
MTUM | -0.07% | $17.70B | 0.15% | |
AIQ | 0.07% | $4.20B | 0.68% | |
TCHP | 0.09% | $1.46B | 0.57% | |
BCI | -0.09% | $1.65B | 0.26% | |
RDVI | -0.12% | $2.12B | 0.75% | |
IYG | -0.15% | $1.89B | 0.39% | |
XLI | -0.15% | $23.47B | 0.09% | |
ARKK | -0.16% | $7.44B | 0.75% | |
VOOG | 0.19% | $18.97B | 0.07% | |
QGRW | -0.21% | $1.61B | 0.28% | |
ILCG | 0.22% | $2.88B | 0.04% | |
ONEQ | 0.31% | $8.37B | 0.21% | |
PSFF | 0.32% | $480.20M | 0.75% | |
SPYG | 0.33% | $39.56B | 0.04% | |
JGRO | -0.34% | $6.78B | 0.44% | |
JEPQ | 0.36% | $28.80B | 0.35% | |
WEAT | 0.38% | $120.75M | 0.28% | |
KBE | 0.40% | $1.56B | 0.35% | |
FLRN | -0.41% | $2.78B | 0.15% |
Name | Correlation | Market Cap | Return % (1 Year) | Div Yield % |
---|---|---|---|---|
SBAC | 47.24% | $24.39B | +3.39% | 1.86% |
AMT | 45.90% | $97.72B | -5.29% | 3.21% |
ED | 43.01% | $36.96B | +5.20% | 3.30% |
NGG | 42.92% | $69.65B | +8.91% | 4.40% |
FTS | 42.50% | $24.58B | +17.11% | 3.56% |
ES | 41.90% | $24.24B | +1.66% | 4.48% |
SAFE | 40.36% | $1.01B | -39.11% | 5.09% |
PFSI | 40.03% | $4.86B | -4.14% | 1.28% |
PSA | 39.93% | $50.64B | -2.46% | 4.21% |
OHI | 39.91% | $11.24B | +6.68% | 6.90% |
ELS | 39.33% | $11.20B | -14.68% | 3.39% |
FCPT | 39.23% | $2.58B | -5.38% | 5.51% |
RKT | 38.76% | $2.22B | -4.31% | 0.00% |
GTY | 38.71% | $1.58B | -5.67% | 6.71% |
SBRA | 38.56% | $4.27B | +10.66% | 6.73% |
AEP | 38.43% | $60.50B | +15.42% | 3.26% |
SO | 37.75% | $104.30B | +13.63% | 3.05% |
DUK | 36.98% | $93.64B | +10.26% | 3.48% |
CCI | 36.59% | $46.53B | -2.83% | 5.43% |
FAF | 36.49% | $6.13B | -0.54% | 3.62% |
BND - Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF and FIXD - Traded Fund VIII First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF have a 42 holding overlap. Which accounts for a 4.5% overlap.
Number of overlapping holdings
42
% of overlapping holdings
4.52%
Name | Weight in BND | Weight in FIXD |
---|---|---|
7 7009352UNITED STATES T | 0.39% | 3.41% |
7 7009282UNITED STATES T | 0.24% | 1.87% |
7 7009196UNITED STATES T | 0.24% | 4.78% |
7 7009230UNITED STATES T | 0.23% | 3.20% |
7 7009381UNITED STATES T | 0.20% | 0.51% |
7 7009385UNITED STATES T | 0.20% | 1.61% |
7 7009349UNITED STATES T | 0.19% | 1.30% |
7 7009345UNITED STATES T | 0.17% | 3.72% |
7 7009363UNITED STATES T | 0.16% | 2.43% |
7 7009386UNITED STATES T | 0.14% | 1.04% |
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF - BND is made up of 9999 holdings. Traded Fund VIII First Trust Smith Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF - FIXD is made up of 777 holdings.
Name | Weight |
---|---|
7 7009225NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.44% |
7 7009060NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.44% |
7 7008986NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.43% |
7 7008878NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.43% |
7 7009204NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.42% |
7 7009161NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.42% |
7 7009286NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.40% |
7 7008720NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.40% |
7 7009352NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.39% |
7 7008537NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.37% |
7 7008143NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.36% |
7 7007977NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.36% |
7 7008639NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.36% |
7 7007873NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.35% |
7 7008508NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.35% |
7 7008316NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.35% |
7 7008425NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.34% |
7 7009361NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.33% |
7 7008051NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.33% |
7 7007368NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.33% |
- | 0.33% |
7 7007264NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.33% |
7 7009202NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.32% |
7 7007489NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.31% |
7 7009341NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.31% |
7 7009297NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.29% |
7 7007723NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.28% |
7 7006518NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.28% |
7 7009135NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.28% |
7 7007083NT United States Treasury Notes | 0.27% |
Name | Weight |
---|---|
- | 27.15% |
7 7009293NT United States Treasury Bonds 4.75% | 5.13% |
7 7009196NT United States Treasury Notes 4.125% | 4.78% |
- | 4.62% |
- | 4.41% |
7 7009345NT United States Treasury Notes 4% | 3.72% |
7 7009352NT United States Treasury Notes 4.25% | 3.41% |
7 7009230NT United States Treasury Notes 4.125% | 3.20% |
7 7009247NT United States Treasury Notes 2.125% | 2.79% |
7 7009363NT United States Treasury Notes 4% | 2.43% |
- | 2.32% |
7 7009282NT United States Treasury Bonds 4.625% | 1.87% |
7 7009385NT United States Treasury Notes 3.875% | 1.61% |
- | 1.52% |
- | 1.51% |
- | 1.43% |
7 7009349NT United States Treasury Bonds 4.75% | 1.30% |
- | 1.28% |
- | 1.25% |
- | 1.23% |
7 7009194NT United States Treasury Notes 1.625% | 1.11% |
- | 1.08% |
7 7009386NT United States Treasury Notes 3.75% | 1.04% |
5 5CWZHS8NT The Boeing Company 7.008% | 1.03% |
- | 1.00% |
5 5CPYPJ4NT RTX Corp. 6.1% | 0.99% |
- | 0.98% |
1 1MA5107NT Federal National Mortgage Association 5.5% | 0.98% |
- | 0.96% |
- | 0.94% |