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JNK vs TIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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JNK's duration was 3.4 years on Jun 30, 2026 and TIP's 6.3 on Jul 31, 2026; TIP charges 0.18% to JNK's 0.40%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $5.9bn for State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF and $14.6bn for iShares TIPS Bond ETF.

JNK on its own →TIP on its own →
At a glance
+1.7%
JNK total return, 1 year
−1.0%
TIP total return, 1 year
0.40%
JNK expense ratio
0.18%
TIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

TIP costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.7 points; TIP is 2.5 times larger.

JNK vs TIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureJNKTIP
Return
Total return, 1 year+1.7%−1.0%
Benchmark
What it tracksBloomberg High Yield Very Liquid IndexICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.40%0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$5.9bn$14.6bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026. Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, JNK and TIP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JNK TIP
Only in one fund ↓
Only in JNK
1261229 BC Ltd, due Apr 15, 2032 0.63%
Meridian Arc Holdco LLC, due Apr 30, 2031 0.56%
EchoStar Corp, due Nov 30, 2029 0.51%
PR RNO Property Owner 1 LLC, due May 1, 2031 0.48%
Cloud Software Group Inc, due Mar 31, 2029 0.41%
Quikrete Holdings Inc, due Mar 1, 2032 0.40%
DISH Network Corp, due Nov 15, 2027 0.40%
SV RNO Property Owner 1 LLC, due Mar 1, 2031 0.39%
Only in TIP
U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Jul 15, 2035 3.99%
U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Jan 15, 2035 3.94%
U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Jan 15, 2036 3.92%
U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Jul 15, 2034 3.71%
U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Jan 15, 2034 3.55%
U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Oct 15, 2030 3.37%
U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Apr 15, 2030 3.32%
U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Jan 15, 2033 3.31%
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Side by side

JNK State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF TIP iShares TIPS Bond ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer State Street iShares
What it is Tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond Tracks an index of TIPS Bond
Total return, 1 year +1.7% −1.0%
Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) −0.8% (VTP)
Gap to its benchmark +3.1 pts vs AGG −0.2 pts vs VTP
Expense ratio 0.40% 0.18%
Holdings 1142 48
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $5.9bn $14.6bn

JNK and TIP on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
JNK

JNK tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

TIP

TIP tracks an index of TIPS Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against −0.8% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JNK or TIP?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and TIP −1.0%.
Which is cheaper, JNK or TIP?
TIP is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
JNK on its own →TIP on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →JNK dividend history →JNK holdings →TIP dividend history →TIP holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
JNK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
JNK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street website ↗
TIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
TIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for TIP ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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