BLVVanguard Long-Term Bond Fund

Get income19y track recordRanked #41 of 1,650 in this goal

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%

#40 of 5,861 · low cost

Fund Size

$8.7B

#311 of 5,861 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

4.76%

Track Record

19 years

#450 of 5,861 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$9,490-5.1%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Region

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

Bloomberg US Long Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 11.3% of fund✓ well diversified

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

99.9%

Cash

0.1%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

7.8%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-38.3%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

-0.21Below average

Sortino (3Y)

-0.29Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Avg maturity

8.5 years

Credit ratings

US Government

56.2%

AAA

1.0%

AA

59.7%

A

19.6%

BBB

19.7%

Other

0.1%

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 2026-08-04