Summary
Vanguard Short-Term Federal Fund Investor Shares is a mutual fund run by Vanguard. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 392. The ten largest make up 48% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.20%
- Fund size
- $4.40B
- Positions
- 392
- Dividend yield
- 3.63%
- Running since
- 1987
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.20% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.27%).
- A large fund with $4.40B under management.
- It has been running since 1987.
What to watch
- 100% 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
- +0.8%
- 3 months
- -1.0%
- This year
- -2.3%
- 1 year
- -2.2%
- 3 years
- +2.2%
- 5 years
- -7.2%
- 10 years
- -6.3%
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 US 2YR NOTE (CBT) Dec26 14%
- 2 US 5YR NOTE (CBT) Dec26 11%
- 3 MKTLIQ 12/31/2049 6.2%
- 4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.63% 04/30/2029 3.0%
- 5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.88% 10/31/2028 2.8%
- 6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.50% 10/15/2028 2.6%
- 7 US Dollar 2.1%
- 8 Fannie Mae-Aces 3.05% 07/25/2027 2.1%
- 9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.13% 03/31/2029 1.9%
- 10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25% 07/31/2028 1.8%
Positions in the fund: 392. The ten largest make up 48% of it.
Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 100%
Largest country: United States (100%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $20.00
- Over 20 years
- $993
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $20.00 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 $993.
How has it done?
Losing value- A year on average, 10 years
- -0.6%
- Deepest drop
- -11%
- Yearly volatility
- 1.9%
Average yearly decline over the last ten years: 0.6%. Deepest drop in these years: 11% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 3.63%
- Payments a year
- 12
- Last payment
- $0.04
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.37 per share, which is 3.63% of today's price. The last payment was $0.04 on Oct 30, 2026.