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VTIPVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund

$49.77+0.03% today
495152-WK

The index is a market-capitalization-weighted index that includes all inflation-protected public obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury with remaining maturities of less than 5 years. The manager attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the securities that make up the index, holding each security in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

Price & daily flows
50.550.149.749.77DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

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 +0.7% so far this year. At 0.040% a year, nothing comparable on our shelf runs cheaper.

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

$11Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
2.4Mavg daily volume, 30 days
21holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed October 11, 2012 · beta 0.01
Sector weights
Consumer Cyclical100%
Cash & Others100%
Treasury100%
Government97.07%
Mutual fund2.93%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.2%
1 month+0.2%
3 months-1.2%
6 months+0.0%
YTD+0.7%
1 year
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
1%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-2.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.9%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
calls today
2puts today
put/call ratio
2.2Mshares traded
The case against VTIP

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M12× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M3× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M2× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M2× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M18× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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