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About Vanguard Government Securities Active ETF
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Inception date
Jul 9, 2025
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
ISIN
US9220207149
VGVT offers comprehensive exposure to US investment grade government bonds. The fund seeks to provide a moderate and sustainable level of current income through an actively managed portfolio of bonds issued, guaranteed, or sponsored by the US government and its agencies. The portfolio particularly holds investment grade bonds across various maturities and may include to-be-announced mortgage-backed securities. The fund may also utilize derivatives instruments, such as options, futures contracts, or other swap agreements.
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Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Securitized
Stock breakdown by region
Top 10 holdings
Summarizing what the indicators are suggesting.
Oscillators
Neutral
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Oscillators
Neutral
SellBuy
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Summary
Neutral
SellBuy
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Neutral
SellBuy
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Summary
Neutral
SellBuy
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Moving Averages
Neutral
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Moving Averages
Neutral
SellBuy
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
VGVT trades at 76.31 USD today, its price has fallen −0.14% in the past 24 hours. Track more dynamics on VGVT price chart.
VGVT net asset value is 76.20 today — it's risen 0.81% over the past month. NAV represents the total value of the fund's assets less liabilities and serves as a gauge of the fund's performance.
VGVT assets under management is 16.77 M USD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
VGVT fund flows account for 1.53 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
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VGVT invests in bonds. See more details in our Analysis section.
VGVT expense ratio is 0.10%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, VGVT isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
Yes, VGVT pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.62%.
VGVT shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc.
VGVT follows the No Underlying Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Jul 9, 2025.
The fund's management style is active, aiming to outperform its benchmark index by actively selecting and adjusting assets. The goal is to achieve returns that exceed those of the index the fund tracks.