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VTEBVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund

$47.47+0.23% vs prior close
475152-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.

This index includes municipal bonds from issuers that are primarily state or local governments or agencies whose interest is exempt from U.S. federal income taxes and the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). 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 securities held in the index.

Price & daily flows
48.548.047.4Wed Sep 30 · VTI leads Vanguard's September ETF flows as VOO misses top-eight list47.47DAILY NET FLOWSep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -5.6% so far this year. At 0.050% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

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

$33.8Bassets under management
0.050%expense ratio · $5 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
27Mavg daily volume, 30 days
2holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed August 21, 2015 · beta 0.09
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Financial Services100%
Municipal98.8%
Revenue65.36%
General obligation33.11%
Double barrel1.53%
Cash1.2%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States85.08%
Other14.92%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.0%
1 month-3.1%
3 months-5.9%
6 months-4.6%
YTD-5.6%
1 year-5.0%
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
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.2%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
42calls · latest snapshot
69puts · latest snapshot
1.64put/call ratio
36.4Mshares traded
The case against VTEB

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VTEB 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-2bp on fee · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B4× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-1bp on fee · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-1bp on fee · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$46B+$2B+$2B in over the monthHead-to-head
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