Which returned more over the last year, BNDX or FXI?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BNDX returned −0.7% and FXI returned −13.8%, so BNDX returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BNDX or FXI?

BNDX charges 0.07% a year and FXI charges 0.73%, so BNDX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BNDX vs FXI: how they differ

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

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund and iShares China Large-Cap ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BNDX and FXI 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 BNDX	Only in FXI
French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.18%	CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 9.88%
Bundesschatzanweisungen 0.14%	ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 9.14%
Canadian Government Bond 0.13%	TENCENT HOLDINGS 8.34%
Canadian Government Bond 0.10%	INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 6.56%
Canadian Government Bond 0.10%	XIAOMI 4.83%
Canadian Government Bond 0.09%	MEITUAN 4.36%
Canadian Government Bond 0.08%	BANK OF CHINA LTD H 4.32%
Canadian Government Bond 0.08%	PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) CO OF CH 3.80%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

BNDX and FXI on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BNDX Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund	FXI iShares China Large-Cap ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	iShares
What it is	Total International Bond	China Large-Cap
Total return, 1 year	−0.7%	−13.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.2 pts	−31.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.73%
Holdings	6707	53

BNDX in plain words

BNDX is a bond fund tracking the Total International Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −0.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year.

FXI in plain words

FXI is an index equity fund tracking the China Large-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.73% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 53 positions, with the top ten at 57.9%. It sat 28.5% below its high of Feb 17, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BNDX or FXI?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BNDX returned −0.7% and FXI returned −13.8%, so BNDX returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BNDX or FXI?: BNDX charges 0.07% a year and FXI charges 0.73%, so BNDX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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