Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund BSV · AMEX
$76.83 +0.39% (+$0.30)
Summary
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Vanguard. Positions inside: 3,161. The ten largest make up 9.8% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.03%
- Fund size
- $69.6B
- Positions
- 3,161
- Dividend yield
- 4.09%
- Running since
- 2007
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.03% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.20%).
- Widely spread: the ten largest positions make up only 9.8% of the fund.
- A large fund with $69.6B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $215.8M changes hands a day.
- It has been running since 2007.
What to watch
- 91% of the fund is in one country (United States).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +0.5%
- 3 months
- -0.7%
- This year
- -2.5%
- 1 year
- -2.9%
- 3 years
- +2.5%
- 5 years
- -5.6%
- 10 years
- -4.7%
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.38% 08/31/2031 1.7%
- 2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 5.00% 09/30/2031 1.3%
- 3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.50% 01/31/2028 1.1%
- 4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.38% 12/31/2027 0.9%
- 5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.00% 02/28/2030 0.9%
- 6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.75% 09/30/2028 0.8%
- 7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.13% 06/30/2028 0.8%
- 8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.88% 11/15/2030 0.8%
- 9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.88% 03/31/2028 0.8%
- 10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.38% 07/31/2031 0.8%
Positions in the fund: 3,161. The ten largest make up 9.8% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 91%
- Canada 1.5%
- United Kingdom 1.1%
- Japan 0.9%
- Other countries 5.6%
Largest country: United States (91%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $3.00
- Over 20 years
- $151
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $3.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $151.
How has it done?
Losing value- A year on average, 10 years
- -0.5%
- Deepest drop
- -11%
- Yearly volatility
- 2.2%
Average yearly decline over the last ten years: 0.5%. Deepest drop in these years: 11% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 4.09%
- Payments a year
- 12
- Last payment
- $0.27
Over the last 12 months it paid $3.15 per share, which is 4.09% of today's price. The last payment was $0.27 on Oct 1, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $215.8M
- Shares a day
- 2.8M
On an average day about $215.8M of the fund changes hands.