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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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VEU vs VUSB: how they differ

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

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund and Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

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

Positions VEU and VUSB both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingVEUVUSB
Telstra Group Ltd0.04%0.06%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia0.54%0.02%
Qantas Airways Ltd0.01%0.07%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VEUOnly in VUSB
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%United States Treasury Bill 4.24%
ASML Holding NV 1.45%United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.68%
SK hynix Inc 1.24%PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The 0.59%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.97%United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.53%
HSBC Holdings PLC 0.81%Regions Bank/Birmingham AL 0.52%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.76%US Bancorp 0.51%
AstraZeneca PLC 0.73%Charles Schwab Corp/The 0.50%
Novartis AG 0.73%Truist Bank 0.45%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

VEU and VUSB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
VEU
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund
VUSB
Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerVanguardVanguard
What it isFTSE All-World ex-USUltra-Short Bond
Total return, 1 year+22.9%+3.7%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+5.4 pts−13.8 pts
Expense ratio0.04%0.10%
Holdings38601281

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%.

VUSB in plain words

VUSB is a cash and treasury bills tracking the Ultra-Short Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VEU or VUSB?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VEU returned +22.9% and VUSB returned +3.7%, so VEU returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VEU or VUSB?
VEU charges 0.04% a year and VUSB charges 0.10%, so VEU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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VEU against VUSB, 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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