BLVVanguardINDEX
Vanguard Long-Term Bond Fund
$65.22+1.57% vs prior close
627352-WK
Price through Oct 22, 2026 · Flows through Oct 31, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 22, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 22, 2026.
This index includes all medium and larger issues of U.S. government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of greater than 10 years and are publicly issued. All of the fund's investments will be selected through the sampling process, and at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds held in the index.
BLV price
Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
| Date | BLV close |
|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2025 | $72.49 |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $72.19 |
| Oct 24, 2025 | $72.24 |
| Oct 27, 2025 | $72.46 |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $72.57 |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $71.95 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $71.49 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | $71.23 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $70.66 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $70.83 |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $70.30 |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $70.81 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $70.63 |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $70.63 |
| Nov 11, 2025 | $71.01 |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $71.02 |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $70.54 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | $70.19 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | $70.33 |
| Nov 18, 2025 | $70.32 |
| Nov 19, 2025 | $70.24 |
| Nov 20, 2025 | $70.44 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | $70.65 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | $71.09 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $71.28 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | $71.58 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $71.35 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $70.34 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | $70.39 |
| Dec 3, 2025 | $70.60 |
| Dec 4, 2025 | $70.34 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | $70.11 |
| Dec 8, 2025 | $69.93 |
| Dec 9, 2025 | $69.91 |
| Dec 10, 2025 | $70.21 |
| Dec 11, 2025 | $70.08 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $69.51 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $69.55 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | $69.84 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | $69.78 |
| Dec 18, 2025 | $69.79 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | $69.55 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | $69.50 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | $69.61 |
| Dec 24, 2025 | $69.95 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | $69.87 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | $70.02 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | $69.90 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $69.52 |
| Jan 2, 2026 | $69.39 |
| Jan 5, 2026 | $69.68 |
| Jan 6, 2026 | $69.65 |
| Jan 7, 2026 | $69.89 |
| Jan 8, 2026 | $69.61 |
| Jan 9, 2026 | $69.99 |
| Jan 12, 2026 | $69.84 |
| Jan 13, 2026 | $69.97 |
| Jan 14, 2026 | $70.32 |
| Jan 15, 2026 | $70.27 |
| Jan 16, 2026 | $69.96 |
| Jan 20, 2026 | $69.19 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | $69.74 |
| Jan 22, 2026 | $69.99 |
| Jan 23, 2026 | $70.07 |
| Jan 26, 2026 | $70.28 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | $70.00 |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $69.86 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $69.86 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | $69.64 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | $69.21 |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $69.29 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $69.17 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $69.73 |
| Feb 6, 2026 | $69.77 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | $69.78 |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $70.28 |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $70.08 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | $70.76 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | $71.07 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $71.20 |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $71.03 |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $71.09 |
| Feb 20, 2026 | $71.00 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $71.13 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $71.16 |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $71.15 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $71.33 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $71.53 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $70.77 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | $70.71 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $70.62 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | $70.25 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $69.98 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | $70.52 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $69.88 |
| Mar 11, 2026 | $68.99 |
| Mar 12, 2026 | $68.70 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $68.38 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $68.84 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $69.24 |
| Mar 18, 2026 | $68.85 |
| Mar 19, 2026 | $69.22 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | $67.93 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | $68.43 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | $68.25 |
| Mar 25, 2026 | $68.74 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | $68.16 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | $67.78 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | $68.53 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $68.78 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | $68.51 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | $68.88 |
| Apr 6, 2026 | $68.82 |
| Apr 7, 2026 | $68.85 |
| Apr 8, 2026 | $69.11 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | $69.08 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | $68.91 |
| Apr 13, 2026 | $69.12 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | $69.45 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | $69.31 |
| Apr 16, 2026 | $68.89 |
| Apr 17, 2026 | $69.42 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | $69.41 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | $69.04 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $69.23 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $69.04 |
| Apr 24, 2026 | $69.14 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | $68.83 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $68.87 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $68.34 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $68.36 |
| May 1, 2026 | $68.31 |
| May 4, 2026 | $67.89 |
| May 5, 2026 | $68.25 |
| May 6, 2026 | $68.77 |
| May 7, 2026 | $68.40 |
| May 8, 2026 | $68.77 |
| May 11, 2026 | $68.43 |
| May 12, 2026 | $68.06 |
| May 13, 2026 | $67.99 |
| May 14, 2026 | $68.05 |
| May 15, 2026 | $67.23 |
| May 18, 2026 | $67.10 |
| May 19, 2026 | $66.65 |
| May 20, 2026 | $67.38 |
| May 21, 2026 | $67.61 |
| May 22, 2026 | $67.90 |
| May 26, 2026 | $68.21 |
| May 27, 2026 | $68.37 |
| May 28, 2026 | $68.67 |
| May 29, 2026 | $68.75 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $68.47 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | $68.56 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | $68.35 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | $68.48 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | $68.05 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | $67.79 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | $68.15 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | $67.94 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | $68.76 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | $68.63 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $68.62 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | $68.88 |
| Jun 17, 2026 | $68.78 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | $69.09 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | $68.71 |
| Jun 23, 2026 | $68.84 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | $69.49 |
| Jun 25, 2026 | $69.50 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | $69.48 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | $69.60 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $68.93 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $68.35 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | $68.42 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | $68.35 |
| Jul 7, 2026 | $67.64 |
| Jul 8, 2026 | $67.48 |
| Jul 9, 2026 | $67.54 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | $67.48 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | $67.07 |
| Jul 14, 2026 | $67.20 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | $67.39 |
| Jul 16, 2026 | $67.38 |
| Jul 17, 2026 | $67.53 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $67.10 |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $66.86 |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $66.67 |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $66.40 |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $66.44 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $66.75 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $67.09 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $66.23 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $66.29 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $65.98 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $65.99 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $66.49 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $66.54 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $66.21 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $66.35 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $65.82 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $65.90 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $65.91 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $66.28 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $65.89 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $65.44 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $65.61 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $66.51 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $66.03 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $65.84 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $66.18 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $66.83 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $66.71 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $66.63 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $66.41 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $66.22 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $65.58 |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $65.66 |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $65.76 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $65.83 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $65.79 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $65.59 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $64.83 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $64.84 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $64.87 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $64.79 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $64.92 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $65.59 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $65.16 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $65.58 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $65.57 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $64.59 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $63.82 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $63.78 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $63.21 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $63.02 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $62.73 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $62.63 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $62.47 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $62.32 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $62.48 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $62.41 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $62.85 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $62.87 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $62.96 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $63.08 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $63.38 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $64.18 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $64.12 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $63.71 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $64.14 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $64.21 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $65.22 |
Weekly net flows, 1Y
Net inflow over the range: +$369M
- Inflow / above zero
- Outflow / below zero
Source: Daily creation and redemption records
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| Label | Value ($) |
|---|---|
| Jul 29 | $0 |
| Sep 30 | $397.5M |
| Oct 28 | −$28.4M |
The desk’s read
Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -6.2% 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
$5.7Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
923Kavg daily volume, 30 days
170holdings · US-domiciled
2007listed April 3, 2007 · beta 0.24
Sector weights
- Cash & Others99.99%
- Government50.3%
- Corporate46.78%
- Treasury41.41%
- Industrial35.2%
- Utilities23.72%
- Healthcare23.36%
- Other14.6%
- Industrials13.5%
- Financial Services10.2%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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| Item | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| Cash & Others | 99.99% |
| Government | 50.3% |
| Corporate | 46.78% |
| Treasury | 41.41% |
| Industrial | 35.2% |
| Utilities | 23.72% |
| Healthcare | 23.36% |
| Other | 14.6% |
| Industrials | 13.5% |
| Financial Services | 10.2% |
Country weights
- United States82.78%
- Other15.66%
- Ireland1.56%
- United Kingdom1.22%
- China0.76%
- Australia0.52%
- Bermuda0.47%
- Mexico0.23%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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| Item | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| United States | 82.78% |
| Other | 15.66% |
| Ireland | 1.56% |
| United Kingdom | 1.22% |
| China | 0.76% |
| Australia | 0.52% |
| Bermuda | 0.47% |
| Mexico | 0.23% |
Performance
| 1 week | +1.7% |
| 1 month | -0.5% |
| 3 months | -2.2% |
| 6 months | -6.0% |
| YTD | -6.2% |
| 1 year | -10.0% |
| 3 years | — |
PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED
Net flows
| 1 week | — |
| 1 month | — |
| 3 months | — |
| YTD | — |
| 1 year | — |
CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS
Monthly net flows
- Inflow / above zero
- Outflow / below zero
Source: Daily creation/redemption records, trailing twelve months
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| Label | Value ($) |
|---|---|
| Jul | $0 |
| Sep | $397.5M |
| Oct | −$28.4M |
The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
8%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-10.1%latest close versus that peak
VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK
Options tape
46calls · latest snapshot
4puts · latest snapshot
0.09put/call ratio
1.2Mshares traded
The case against BLV
Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat BLV 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% | $16.4B | +$489M | -1bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$489M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 0.05% | $123.5B | +$2.3B | 22× the assets · +$2.3B in over the month | Head-to-head |
| SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF | 0.03% | $7.1B | +$1.4B | -1bp on fee · +$1.4B in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | $18.6B | +$412M | 3× the assets · +$412M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF | 0.05% | $48B | +$2B | 8× the assets · +$2B in over the month | Head-to-head |