BSVVanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Tracks the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term dollar-weighted average maturity.
By Vanguard · Launched 2007
Annual Cost
0.03%
#40 of 5,854 · low cost
Fund Size
$69.8B
#49 of 5,854 · large
Dividend YieldGoal
3.99%
Track Record
19 years
#450 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,183+1.8%
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 15 Year Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 8.5% of fund✓ well diversified
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.2%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.9%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.9%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.8%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.8%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.8%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.8%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.8%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.8%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
0.8%
Asset allocation
Bonds
98.9%
Cash
1.1%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
1.8%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-8.5%Mild
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.34Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.51Moderate downside risk
Bond profile
Duration
3.6 years
Avg maturity
9.8 years
Credit ratings
US Government
74.2%
AAA
3.3%
AA
73.1%
A
11.9%
BBB
11.6%
Other
0.1%
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term dollar-weighted average maturity.
- Strategy
- Employs an indexing investment approach to track the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index, investing at least 80% of net assets in U.S. government and investment-grade corporate bonds with maturities of 1 to 5 years. Uses sampling to approximate the full index in key risk factors and characteristics.
- Inception date
- April 3, 2007
- Fund family
- Vanguard
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Data updated on 2026-08-03