BNDVanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund

Beacon PickGet income19y track recordRanked #2 of 1,650 in this goal

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

By Vanguard · Launched 2007

Annual Cost

0.03%

#40 of 5,861 · low cost

Fund Size

$397.9B

#8 of 5,861 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

3.95%

Track Record

19 years

#450 of 5,861 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$10,038+0.4%

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 Aggregate Float Adjusted Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 4.8% of fund✓ well diversified

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

98.6%

Cash

1.4%

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)

0.01Below average

Sortino (3Y)

0.01Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Duration

3.9 years

Avg maturity

9.5 years

Credit ratings

US Government

51.9%

AAA

3.0%

AA

72.6%

A

11.9%

BBB

12.4%

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 2026-08-04