Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund
The manager employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of index. All of the fund's investments will be selected through the sampling process, and under normal circumstances at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds included in the index. It is non-diversified.
SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN
Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -2.0% so far this year. At 0.20% 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 | +0.2% |
| 1 month | -0.6% |
| 3 months | +0.1% |
| 6 months | -3.0% |
| YTD | -2.0% |
| 1 year | — |
| 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 VWOB 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 | -17bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$288M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| MBB iShares MBS ETF | 0.04% | $39B | +$26M | -16bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$26M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF | 0.04% | $32.7B | +$104M | -16bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$104M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | $23.4B | +$520M | -16bp on fee · 4× 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 | -16bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$312M in over the month | Head-to-head |