Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (BLV)
| 91.67 Data as of May 17 |  -0.64 / -0.69%Today’s Change | 90.11 Today|||52-Week Range 99.66 | -2.34% Year-to-Date |
Investment Objective
The investment seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a long-term dollar-weighted average maturity. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays U.S. Long Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index. It invests at least 80% of assets in bonds held in the index. The fund maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity consistent with that of the index, which generally ranges between 15 and 30 years.
Latest BLV News
No recent news for Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF.
Performance
| 1 month | -3.04% | 3 years | +10.98% | |
| 3 months | +1.43% | 5 years | +9.71% | |
| 1 year | +2.49% | Since inception | +8.96% |
Data through 05/18/2013
Quote Details
| Previous close | $92.31 |
| Open day’s range | 91.43 – 92.10 |
| Net asset value (NAV) | 91.19 (05/17/2013) |
| Daily volume | 41,375 |
| Average volume (3 months) | 71,039 |
Data as of 3:59pm ET, 05/17/2013
Peer Comparisonvs. Long-term bond ETFs
| BLV | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance 5-yr return | +9.71% | +6.59% |
| Expense Gross exp ratio | 0.10% | 0.31% |
| Risk 5 year sharpe ratio | 0.90 | 0.54 |
| Net assets | $6.4B | $2.1B |
| Average market cap | -- | -- |
| Average P/E | -- | -- |
| Dividend / Share | -- | 0.22% |
Competitors
| ILTB iShares Core Long-Term U.S. Bond ETF |
| CLY iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond Fund |
| BAB PowerShares Build America Bond Portfolio |
Holdings
Top 5 SectorsPortfolio weighting
| Financial service | 100.00% |
| Business service | 0.00% |
| Consumer goods | 0.00% |
| Consumer service | 0.00% |
| Energy | 0.00% |
Top 10 HoldingsPortfolio weighting
| -- US Treasury Bond 4.375% | 2.63% |
| -- US Treasury Bond 4.25% | 2.52% |
| -- US Treasury Bond 2.75% | 2.02% |
| -- US Treasury Bond 4.375% | 2.00% |
| -- US Treasury Bond 4.375% | 2.00% |
| -- US Treasury Bond 4.75% | 1.96% |
| -- US Treasury Bond 3% | 1.87% |
| -- US Treasury Bond 2.75% | 1.82% |
| -- US Treasury Bond 4.625% | 1.82% |
| -- US Treasury Bond 3.125% | 1.75% |