Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV)
| 80.90 Data as of 1:50pm ET |  +0.0251 / +0.03%Today’s Change | 80.81 Today|||52-Week Range 81.51 | -0.12% Year-to-Date |
Investment Objective
The investment seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term dollar-weighted average maturity. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index. It invests by sampling the index. The fund invests at least 80% of assets in bonds held in the index. It maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity consistent with that of the index, which generally does not exceed 3 years.
Latest BSV News
No recent news for Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF.
Performance
| 1 month | -0.02% | 3 years | +2.34% | |
| 3 months | +0.35% | 5 years | +3.34% | |
| 1 year | +1.54% | Since inception | +4.07% |
Data through 05/21/2013
Quote Details
| Previous close | $80.87 |
| Open day’s range | 80.86 – 80.90 |
| Net asset value (NAV) | 80.83 (05/20/2013) |
| Daily volume | 631,717 |
| Average volume (3 months) | 1,139,687 |
Data as of 1:50pm ET, 05/21/2013
Peer Comparisonvs. Short-term bond ETFs
| BSV | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance 5-yr return | +3.34% | +3.30% |
| Expense Gross exp ratio | 0.10% | 0.21% |
| Risk 5 year sharpe ratio | 1.66 | 1.38 |
| Net assets | $29.1B | $2.8B |
| Average market cap | -- | $1.9B |
| Average P/E | -- | 14.4 |
| Dividend / Share | -- | 0.13% |
Competitors
| VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF |
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| SCPB SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term Corpora... |
Holdings
Top 5 SectorsPortfolio weighting
| Consumer goods | 100.00% |
| Business service | 0.00% |
| Consumer service | 0.00% |
| Energy | 0.00% |
| Financial service | 0.00% |
Top 10 HoldingsPortfolio weighting
| -- US Treasury Note 0.25% | 2.49% |
| -- US Treasury Note 2.25% | 1.50% |
| -- US Treasury Note 2.625% | 1.42% |
| -- US Treasury Note 2.5% | 1.42% |
| -- US Treasury Note 0.75% | 1.36% |
| -- US Treasury Note 0.625% | 1.32% |
| -- US Treasury Note 1.75% | 1.31% |
| -- US Treasury Note 0.625% | 1.27% |
| -- US Treasury Note 2.375% | 1.27% |
| -- US Treasury Note 2.25% | 1.24% |