BLVVanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Tracks the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a long-term dollar-weighted average maturity.
By Vanguard · Launched 2007
Annual Cost
0.03%
#41 of 6,040 · low cost
Fund Size
$8.3B
#335 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
-3.9%
Track Record
19 years
#457 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$9,478-5.2%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
Fixed incomeRegion
North americaStrategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
Bloomberg US Long Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 11.3% of funddiversified
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.2%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.2%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.2%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.2%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.2%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.1%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.1%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.1%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.0%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.0%
Asset allocation
Bonds
99.7%
Cash
0.3%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
7.8%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-38.3%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
-0.08Below average
Sortino (3Y)
-0.11Moderate downside risk
Bond profile
Avg maturity
8.1 years
Credit ratings
US Government
56.5%
AAA
0.9%
AA
60.1%
A
19.5%
BBB
19.5%
Other
0.0%
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a long-term dollar-weighted average maturity.
- Strategy
- Employs an indexing investment approach to track the Bloomberg U.S. Long Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index, which includes medium and larger U.S. government and investment-grade bonds with maturities over 10 years. Invests at least 80% of net assets in bonds that make up the Target Index, maintaining a dollar-weighted average maturity consistent with the index.
- Inception date
- April 3, 2007
- Fund family
- Vanguard
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Data updated on 2026-09-18