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Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index

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Performance

Trailing returns

1 day   +0.10%
   
1 week   +0.29%
   
4 week   +0.89%
   
3 month   +1.82%
   
YTD   +4.84%
   
1 year   +7.32%
   
3 years*   +6.02%
   
5 years*   +4.65%
   
*annualized
Best 3 month return+4.16%  
Worst 3 month return-1.80%  

Morningstar statistics

Morningstar category: Short-Term Bond
  Return Risk Rating
3 years Above Average Average
5 years Above Average Average
10 years High Average
Overall High Average

Key statistics

Total assets11.59B 
Front load-  
Deferred load-  
Expense ratio0.22%  
Management fee-  
Fund familyVanguard 

Asset allocation

Cash2.34%  
Stocks0.00%  
Bonds97.53%  
Other0.13%  

Purchase information

Initial$3,000  
Additional$100  
IRA Initial$3,000  
AIP Initial$3,000  
AIP Additional$50  
10.52 0.00 (0.00%)
Nov 20, 8:00PM EST Overall Morningstar RatingTM

Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term dollar-weighted average maturity. The fund invests by sampling the index. It invests at least 80% of assets in bonds held in the index. The fund's dollar-weighted average maturity is not expected to exceed 3 years.
Fund filings (PDF) »
Asset manager:
Gregory Davis (Started: Jan 31, 2005)
Advisor Company:
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Fund family reports on Morningstar »
PO Box 2600, V26, Valley Forge PA 19482, United States

Risk

  1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years  
Alpha* 2.00 -0.03 0.27 0.30
Beta* 0.47 1.02 0.54 0.55
Mean annual return 0.69 0.48 0.36 0.42
R-squared* 86.06 99.32 76.25 82.89
Standard deviation 2.31 2.46 2.22 2.32
Sharpe ratio 3.48 1.34 0.60 0.91
* Against standard index

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