VMBSVanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Get income16y track recordRanked #28 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted mortgage-backed securities index.

By Vanguard · Launched 2009

Annual Cost

0.03%

#190 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$17.1B

#166 of 5,562 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

4.16%

Track Record

16 years

#722 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$10,517+5.2%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Fixed income

Region

North america

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

Bloomberg US MBS Float Adjusted Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 5.4% of fund✓ well diversified

Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund

3.1%

Freddie Mac Pool

0.3%

Ginnie Mae II Pool

0.3%

Freddie Mac Pool

0.3%

Freddie Mac Pool

0.3%

Fannie Mae Pool

0.3%

Ginnie Mae II Pool

0.2%

Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac

0.2%

Freddie Mac Pool

0.2%

Freddie Mac Pool

0.2%

Asset allocation

Bonds

95.2%

Cash

4.8%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

4.3%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-17.5%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.16Below average

Sortino (3Y)

0.22Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Avg maturity

9.4 years

Credit ratings

AAA

99.9%

Other

0.1%

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted mortgage-backed securities index.
Strategy: Employs an indexing approach to track the Bloomberg U.S. MBS Float Adjusted Index, which includes fixed-rate U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities. Invests at least 80% of net assets in bonds that make up the Target Index.
Inception date: November 19, 2009
Fund family: Vanguard