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About VANGUARD SHORT-TERM CORPORATE BOND ETF
Expense ratio
0.04%
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Inception date
Nov 19, 2009
The fund is passively managed to provide exposure to the investment grade segment of the US corporate bond space. It defines short-term bonds as bonds that mature within the next 1 to 5 years. This definition extends beyond many of its competitors 1- to 3-year coverage, but is still a reasonable take on the short-term space. Unsurprisingly, the fund has a weighted average maturity thats typically about 1 year longer than its peers. It usually has a higher effective duration too, meaning its more sensitive to changes in interest rates. The fund utilizes a sampling strategy to track its index. which means it will invest in a sample of securities that collectively have an investment profile similar to that of the underlying index.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Corporate
Stocks0.02%
Finance0.02%
Bonds, Cash & Other99.98%
Corporate97.97%
Cash1.80%
Government0.42%
Futures0.30%
Miscellaneous−0.51%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history