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VCLTVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund

$70.85+1.48% vs prior close
687952-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. 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 greater than 10 years. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds included in the index.

VCLT price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateVCLT close
Sep 22, 2026$71.67
Sep 23, 2026$70.54
Sep 24, 2026$69.68
Sep 25, 2026$69.62
Sep 28, 2026$68.97
Sep 29, 2026$68.75
Sep 30, 2026$68.50
Oct 1, 2026$68.41
Oct 2, 2026$68.21
Oct 5, 2026$68.13
Oct 6, 2026$68.39
Oct 7, 2026$68.32
Oct 8, 2026$68.71
Oct 9, 2026$68.69
Oct 12, 2026$68.87
Oct 13, 2026$68.88
Oct 14, 2026$69.06
Oct 15, 2026$69.97
Oct 16, 2026$69.80
Oct 19, 2026$69.28
Oct 20, 2026$69.77
Oct 21, 2026$69.82
Oct 22, 2026$70.85

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -6.6% 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

$11.5Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
8Mavg daily volume, 30 days
257holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed November 19, 2009 · beta 0.29

Sector weights

  • Cash & Others100%
  • Corporate99.16%
  • Industrial70.63%
  • Utilities27.59%
  • Healthcare16.97%
  • Financial16.92%
  • Energy15.16%
  • Utility11.74%
  • Other11.01%
  • Industrials8.68%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Cash & Others100%
Corporate99.16%
Industrial70.63%
Utilities27.59%
Healthcare16.97%
Financial16.92%
Energy15.16%
Utility11.74%
Other11.01%
Industrials8.68%

Country weights

  • United States87.88%
  • Other10.84%
  • Ireland1.29%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
United States87.88%
Other10.84%
Ireland1.29%
Performance
1 week+1.5%
1 month-1.1%
3 months-2.5%
6 months-6.5%
YTD-6.6%
1 year-10.3%
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+$2.6BSep+$854.9MOct$0Jul+$2.6BSep+$854.9MOct$0Jul+$2.6BSep+$854.9MOct
Source: Daily creation/redemption records, trailing twelve months
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LabelValue ($)
Jul$0
Sep$2.6B
Oct$854.9M
The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
9%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-10.6%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
406calls · latest snapshot
90puts · latest snapshot
0.22put/call ratio
5.5Mshares traded
The case against VCLT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VCLT 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+$2.3B11× 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+$412M2× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$48B+$2B4× the assets · +$2B in over the monthHead-to-head
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