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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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TIP vs VEU: how they differ

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

iShares TIPS Bond ETF and Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, TIP 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 TIPOnly in VEU
United States of America 4.10%Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
United States of America 4.04%ASML Holding NV 1.45%
United States of America 3.63%SK hynix Inc 1.24%
United States of America 3.44%Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.97%
United States of America 3.41%HSBC Holdings PLC 0.81%
United States of America 3.39%Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.76%
United States of America 3.37%AstraZeneca PLC 0.73%
United States of America 3.36%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.

TIP and VEU on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
TIP
iShares TIPS Bond ETF
VEU
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isTIPS 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 ratio0.18%0.04%
Holdings483860

TIP in plain words

TIP is a bond fund tracking the TIPS 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 0.18% a year.

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. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. 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, TIP or VEU?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TIP 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, TIP or VEU?
TIP charges 0.18% a year and VEU charges 0.04%, so VEU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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TIP 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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