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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IGIB vs VEU: how they differ

IGIB and VEU hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VEU returned more over the year.

iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF and Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGIB and VEU hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IGIBOnly in VEU
META PLATFORMS INC 0.24%Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
AMAZON.COM INC 0.23%ASML Holding NV 1.45%
ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.20%SK hynix Inc 1.24%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.20%Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.97%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.20%HSBC Holdings PLC 0.81%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.20%Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.76%
MARS INC 0.19%AstraZeneca PLC 0.73%
PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.19%Novartis AG 0.73%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

IGIB and VEU on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IGIB
iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
VEU
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it is5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate BondFTSE All-World ex-US
Total return, 1 year−1.0%+22.9%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−18.5 pts+5.4 pts
Expense ratio0.04%0.04%
Holdings29883860

IGIB in plain words

IGIB is a bond fund tracking the 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. It sat 3.3% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VEU in plain words

VEU is an index equity fund tracking the FTSE All-World ex-US. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3860 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IGIB or VEU?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGIB returned −1.0% and VEU returned +22.9%, so VEU returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IGIB or VEU?
IGIB charges 0.04% a year and VEU charges 0.04%, so IGIB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IGIB against VEU, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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