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VGITVanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund

Get income16y track recordRanked #11 of 1,706 in this goal

Tracks the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index.

By Vanguard · Launched 2009

Annual Cost

0.03%

#41 of 6,040 · low cost

Fund Size

$48.4B

#70 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

-1.2%

Track Record

16 years

#718 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$9,849-1.5%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Fixed income

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

market-weighted Treasury index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 18.9% of funddiversified

United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.0%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.0%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.9%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.9%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.9%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.9%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.9%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.9%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.8%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
1.7%

Asset allocation

Bonds
99.6%
Cash
0.4%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
3.3%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-16.1%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
-0.06Below average
Sortino (3Y)
-0.08Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Avg maturity

9.6 years

Credit ratings

US Government
99.6%
AA
100.0%
Other
0.0%

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index.
Strategy
Employs an indexing investment approach to track the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index, investing at least 80% of net assets in U.S. Treasury bonds with maturities between 3 and 10 years. Uses sampling to approximate the full index in key risk factors and characteristics.
Inception date
November 19, 2009
Fund family
Vanguard

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Data updated on 2026-09-18