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VGLTVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund

$50.07-0.14% vs prior close
505852-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Oct 31. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Long Treasury Index. This index includes fixed income securities issued by the U.S. Treasury (not including inflation-protected bonds, floating rate securities and certain other security types), 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.

Price & daily flows
56.654.251.950.07DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$452M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -10.3% so far this year. At 0.040% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

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

$14Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
3.7Mavg daily volume, 30 days
69holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed November 19, 2009 · beta 0.19
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Treasury100%
Other100%
Government99.87%
Mutual fund0.13%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.8%
1 month-4.7%
3 months-8.4%
6 months-9.6%
YTD-10.3%
1 year-11.8%
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
10%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
9%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-14.2%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
76calls · latest snapshot
23puts · latest snapshot
0.30put/call ratio
6.8Mshares traded
The case against VGLT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VGLT 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%$16.3B+$489M-1bp on fee · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTL State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF0.03%$11B+$160M-1bp on fee · +$160M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B9× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.5B+$1.4B-1bp on fee · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M2× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
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