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Not All Total Bond Market ETFs Are the Same. Here’s What to Know.
Total bond market ETFs are designed to give investors access to a swath of the bond market in a single holding. But while they have similar names, they aren’t created equal—and the differences could undermine your investment rationale or saddle your portfolio with greater risk than you want.
Many of these exchange-traded funds start with similar benchmarks as a baseline, often a version of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Agg, as that index is often called, measures the U.S. investment-grade bond market and includes U.S. Treasurys, government agency and corporate bonds, plus mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities.
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