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VCLTVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund

$68.32-0.10% vs prior close
687952-WK

Price through Oct 7, 2026 · Flows through Oct 31, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 7, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 7, 2026.

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index. This index includes U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. industrial, utility, and financial companies, with maturities greater than 10 years. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds included in the index.

Price & daily flows
76.873.770.568.32DAILY NET FLOWOct 7Feb 5Jun 5Oct 7

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -9.9% so far this year. At 0.040% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG has a reported fee of 0.03%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$11.5Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
7.7Mavg daily volume, 30 days
257holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed November 19, 2009 · beta 0.29
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Corporate99.16%
Industrial70.63%
Utilities27.59%
Healthcare16.97%
Financial16.92%
Energy15.16%
Utility11.74%
Other11.01%
Industrials8.68%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States87.88%
Other10.84%
Ireland1.29%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.1%
1 month-4.6%
3 months-7.5%
6 months-8.9%
YTD-9.9%
1 year-11.9%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JulSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
10%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
8%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-13.8%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
24calls · latest snapshot
90puts · latest snapshot
3.75put/call ratio
4.3Mshares traded
The case against VCLT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VCLT on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.4B+$489M-1bp on fee · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B11× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.1B+$1.4B-1bp on fee · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.3B+$575M2× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M2× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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