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VMBSVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund

$45.30+0.98% vs prior close
444852-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. MBS Float Adjusted Index. This index covers U.S. agency mortgage-backed pass-through securities issued by the GNMA, the FNMA, and the FHLMC. To be included in the index, pool aggregates must have at least $1 billion currently outstanding and a weighted average maturity of at least 1 year. 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 included in the index.

VMBS price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateVMBS close
Sep 22, 2026$45.37
Sep 23, 2026$44.90
Sep 24, 2026$44.63
Sep 25, 2026$44.82
Sep 28, 2026$44.53
Sep 29, 2026$44.45
Sep 30, 2026$44.41
Oct 1, 2026$44.38
Oct 2, 2026$44.24
Oct 5, 2026$44.16
Oct 6, 2026$44.30
Oct 7, 2026$44.22
Oct 8, 2026$44.43
Oct 9, 2026$44.53
Oct 12, 2026$44.56
Oct 13, 2026$44.65
Oct 14, 2026$44.65
Oct 15, 2026$44.93
Oct 16, 2026$44.91
Oct 19, 2026$44.79
Oct 20, 2026$44.87
Oct 21, 2026$44.86
Oct 22, 2026$45.30

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -3.8% so far this year. At 0.040% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV has a reported fee of 0.03%.

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

$18.6Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
2.9Mavg daily volume, 30 days
344holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed November 19, 2009 · beta 0.14

Sector weights

  • MBS100%
  • Other100%
  • Cash & Others100%
  • Securitized98.59%
  • Cash1.29%
  • Miscellaneous0.11%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
MBS100%
Other100%
Cash & Others100%
Securitized98.59%
Cash1.29%
Miscellaneous0.11%
Performance
1 week+0.9%
1 month-0.2%
3 months-1.8%
6 months-4.0%
YTD-3.8%
1 year-4.5%
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−$477MSep+$5.8MOct$0Jul−$477MSep+$5.8MOct$0Jul−$477MSep+$5.8MOct
Source: Daily creation/redemption records, trailing twelve months
Show as table
LabelValue ($)
Jul$0
Sep−$477M
Oct$5.8M
The risk read
7%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
5%realized volatility, 1 year
-7.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.3%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
2.3Mshares traded
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