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VCITVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund

$79.47+0.86% vs prior close
788552-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.

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 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 between 5 and 10 years. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds included in the index.

VCIT price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateVCIT close
Sep 22, 2026$79.95
Sep 23, 2026$79.14
Sep 24, 2026$78.70
Sep 25, 2026$78.84
Sep 28, 2026$78.39
Sep 29, 2026$78.37
Sep 30, 2026$78.31
Oct 1, 2026$78.13
Oct 2, 2026$77.98
Oct 5, 2026$77.99
Oct 6, 2026$78.24
Oct 7, 2026$78.27
Oct 8, 2026$78.48
Oct 9, 2026$78.41
Oct 12, 2026$78.50
Oct 13, 2026$78.48
Oct 14, 2026$78.53
Oct 15, 2026$79.00
Oct 16, 2026$79.00
Oct 19, 2026$78.65
Oct 20, 2026$78.81
Oct 21, 2026$78.79
Oct 22, 2026$79.47

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -5.1% 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

$49.2Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
12.5Mavg daily volume, 30 days
343holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed November 19, 2009 · beta 0.16

Sector weights

  • Cash & Others100%
  • Corporate99.69%
  • Industrial54.57%
  • Financial38.87%
  • Real Estate15.38%
  • Healthcare11.65%
  • Utilities11.43%
  • Energy10.71%
  • Industrials9.2%
  • Communication Services7.98%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Cash & Others100%
Corporate99.69%
Industrial54.57%
Financial38.87%
Real Estate15.38%
Healthcare11.65%
Utilities11.43%
Energy10.71%
Industrials9.2%
Communication Services7.98%

Country weights

  • United States90.76%
  • Other6.79%
  • United Kingdom1.16%
  • Bermuda0.55%
  • Singapore0.46%
  • Ireland0.28%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
United States90.76%
Other6.79%
United Kingdom1.16%
Bermuda0.55%
Singapore0.46%
Ireland0.28%
Performance
1 week+0.6%
1 month-0.6%
3 months-2.3%
6 months-4.8%
YTD-5.1%
1 year-6.1%
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
$0Jul+$1.8BSep−$1.6BOct$0Jul+$1.8BSep−$1.6BOct$0Jul+$1.8BSep−$1.6BOct
Source: Daily creation/redemption records, trailing twelve months
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LabelValue ($)
Jul$0
Sep$1.8B
Oct−$1.6B
The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
5%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.3%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
29calls · latest snapshot
16puts · latest snapshot
0.55put/call ratio
13.2Mshares traded
The case against VCIT

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.4B+$489M-1bp on fee · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B3× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.1B+$1.4B-1bp on fee · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M+$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$48B+$2B+$2B in over the monthHead-to-head
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