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Vanguard Long Term Bond Index Fund (BLV)

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Price: $64.84; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $8.3B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.03%; Category 0.84%
Yield: 4.95%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -4.9%-1.7%; Category -3.2%
3Y CAGR: 2.2%-1.2%; Category 3.4%
5Y CAGR: -5.2%-1.6%; Category -3.6%

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Vanguard Long Term Bond Index Fund

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-1.2%	-4.3%	-2.8%	-3.7%	-4.9%	+2.2%	-5.2%	+0.2%	+3.9%
Long-Term Bond average	-1.2%	-3.8%	-1.3%	-2.5%	-3.2%	3.4%	-3.6%	1.2%	3.3%
Difference	0.0%	-0.6%	-1.5%	-1.2%	-1.7%	-1.2%	-1.6%	-0.9%	+0.6%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government56.5%
AAA0.9%
AA60.1%
A19.5%
BBB19.5%
Other0.0%

Asset mix

Bonds99.7%
Cash0.3%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Long-Term Bond
Ticker: BLV
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 3 Apr 2007 (19.4 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.03% (category 0.84%)
Holdings turnover: 24% (category 79%)
Distribution yield: 4.95%
Beta, 3 years: 2.10
Total net assets: $8.3B
Average maturity: 8.13 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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