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BNDVanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Beacon PickGet income19y track recordRanked #2 of 1,706 in this goal

Tracks the performance of a broad, market-weighted bond index.

By Vanguard · Launched 2007

Annual Cost

0.03%

#41 of 6,040 · low cost

Fund Size

$398.8B

#7 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

-0.5%

Track Record

19 years

#457 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$9,889-1.1%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Fixed income

Region

North america

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

Bloomberg US Aggregate Float Adjusted Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 4.8% of funddiversified

Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
1.1%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.5%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.4%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.4%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.4%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.4%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.4%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.4%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.4%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.4%

Asset allocation

Bonds
98.4%
Cash
1.6%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
3.7%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-18.6%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.05Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.07Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Avg maturity

9.3 years

Credit ratings

US Government
51.8%
AAA
3.0%
AA
72.7%
A
11.9%
BBB
12.2%
Other
0.0%

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the performance of a broad, market-weighted bond index.
Strategy
Employs an indexing investment approach to track the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, investing primarily in public, investment-grade, taxable bonds in the United States with maturities over 1 year. Uses sampling to approximate the full index in terms of key risk factors and characteristics.
Inception date
April 3, 2007
Fund family
Vanguard

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Data updated on 2026-09-18