VUSBVanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Get income5y track recordRanked #86 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks to provide current income while maintaining limited price volatility.

By Vanguard · Launched 2021

Annual Cost

0.10%

#539 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$8.8B

#299 of 5,562 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

4.44%

Track Record

5 years

#2,354 of 5,562 · seasoned

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$10,435+4.3%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Fixed income

Region

North america

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 9.6% of fund✓ well diversified

United States Treasury Bill

4.5%

United States Treasury Note/Bond

0.9%

Truist Bank

0.6%

Tyson Foods Inc

0.6%

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The

0.5%

Bank of Montreal

0.5%

United States Treasury Note/Bond

0.5%

Toyota Motor Credit Corp

0.5%

NTT Finance Corp

0.5%

American Honda Finance Corp

0.4%

Asset allocation

Bonds

97.3%

Cash

2.6%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

0.7%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-1.8%Mild

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

1.94Strong risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

2.96Good downside protection

Bond profile

Avg maturity

10.0 years

Credit ratings

US Government

7.5%

AAA

20.7%

7.0%

39.4%

BBB

31.9%

0.6%

0.1%

Other

0.3%

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks to provide current income while maintaining limited price volatility.
Strategy: Invests primarily in high-quality and medium-quality fixed income securities, maintaining a dollar-weighted average maturity of 0 to 2 years. At least 80% of assets will be in fixed income securities.
Inception date: April 6, 2021
Fund family: Vanguard