Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
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.
SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN
Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -5.3% so far this year. At 0.040% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG runs the same ground at 0.03%.
COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH
| 1 week | +0.6% |
| 1 month | -0.7% |
| 3 months | -3.7% |
| 6 months | -7.3% |
| YTD | -5.3% |
| 1 year | -5.8% |
| 3 years | — |
PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED
| 1 week | — |
| 1 month | — |
| 3 months | — |
| YTD | — |
| 1 year | — |
CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS
VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK
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.
| Fund | Fee | Assets | Flow, 1M | The case | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF | 0.03% | $16B | +$288M | -1bp on fee · +$288M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| MBB iShares MBS ETF | 0.04% | $39B | +$26M | 3× the assets · +$26M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 0.05% | $128.4B | +$547M | 11× the assets · +$547M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | $23.4B | +$520M | 2× the assets · +$520M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | $18.7B | +$312M | 2× the assets · +$312M in over the month | Head-to-head |