VCLTVanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

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Tracks the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index.

By Vanguard · Launched 2009

Annual Cost

0.03%

#40 of 5,861 · low cost

Fund Size

$10.1B

#283 of 5,861 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

5.52%

Track Record

16 years

#708 of 5,861 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$9,555-4.5%

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 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 3.4% of fund✓ well diversified

Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund

0.6%

United States Treasury Note/Bond

0.6%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc

0.4%

CVS Health Corp

0.3%

Boeing Co/The

0.3%

AT&T Inc

0.3%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The

0.2%

Wells Fargo & Co

0.2%

AT&T Inc

0.2%

Meta Platforms Inc

0.2%

Asset allocation

Bonds

99.4%

Cash

0.6%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

7.8%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-34.3%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

-0.05Below average

Sortino (3Y)

-0.07Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Avg maturity

8.8 years

Credit ratings

US Government

0.3%

AAA

1.7%

12.1%

44.6%

BBB

41.6%

Listing

Exchange: NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective: Tracks the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index.
Strategy: Employs an indexing investment approach to track the Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index, holding U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable debt securities with maturities greater than 10 years. Uses sampling to approximate the full Target Index in terms of key risk factors and maintains a long-term dollar-weighted average maturity.
Inception date: November 19, 2009
Fund family: Vanguard

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Data updated on 2026-08-04