A Daily Network publication
Explore the network
ETF Daily
The Definitive Daily Read on Exchange-Traded Funds
Sunday, August 23, 2026The Morning Brief →Sign in

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund

$52.75-0.36% today
525852-WK

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index. This index includes fixed income securities issued by the U.S. Treasury (not including inflation-protected bonds, floating rate securities and certain other security types), 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
57.155.453.752.75DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

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

The desk’s read

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

$14Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
2.1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
69holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed November 18, 2009 · beta 0.18
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Treasury100%
Other100%
Government99.87%
Mutual fund0.13%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.1%
1 month-0.9%
3 months-2.5%
6 months-7.6%
YTD-5.3%
1 year-5.0%
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
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
9%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-9.6%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
106calls today
21puts today
0.20put/call ratio
1.5Mshares traded
The case against VGLT

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF0.05%$43.8B+$304M3× the assets · +$304M in over the monthHead-to-head
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF0.07%$103.2B+$4.7B7× the assets · +$4.7B in over the monthHead-to-head
IBTH iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF0.07%$2.3B+$91M+$91M in over the monthHead-to-head
IBTI iShares iBonds Dec 2028 Term Treasury ETF0.07%$2B+$107M+$107M in over the monthHead-to-head
IBTJ iShares iBonds Dec 2029 Term Treasury ETF0.07%$1.4B+$45M+$45M in over the monthHead-to-head
Sign in to save this to The RecordA timestamped copy for the file — documentation, not advice.
InstrumentsHarvest substitutesTrade cost at $1MClient tearsheetStress this fund
Every weekday · 6:30 a.m. ET

The Morning Brief

The private wealth industry in four minutes, every weekday at 6:30 a.m. ET. Free.