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VGSHVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund

$57.48-0.13% vs prior close
575952-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 US Treasury 1-3 Year Index. This index includes fixed income securities issued by the U.S. Treasury (not including inflation-protected securities, floating rate securities and certain other security types), all with maturities between 1 and 3 years. At least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds included in the index.

Price & daily flows
58.358.057.757.48DAILY NET FLOWMar 30May 29Jul 30Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -2.1% 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

$20Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
5.2Mavg daily volume, 30 days
93holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed November 19, 2009 · beta 0.02
Sector weights
Treasury100%
Cash & Others100%
Government99.66%
Other97.87%
Technology2.13%
Cash0.34%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other97.87%
India2.13%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.2%
1 month-0.6%
3 months-0.9%
6 months-1.7%
YTD-2.1%
1 year-2.1%
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
JulSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
2%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
2%realized volatility, 1 year
-2.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.6%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
8.9Mshares traded
The case against VGSH

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VGSH 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+$2.3B6× 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+$575M+$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
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