VanguardLong-Term BondBLV · NYSE Arca

Vanguard Long Term Bond Index Fund (BLV)

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Price: $65.27; —30 Oct 2026
Assets: $7.8B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.03%; Category 0.84%
Yield: 5.23%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: -4.2%-0.8%; Category -3.4%
3Y CAGR: 5.6%-0.6%; Category 6.2%
5Y CAGR: -4.8%-1.5%; Category -3.3%

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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	+4.5%	+0.2%	-2.4%	-2.6%	-4.2%	+5.6%	-4.8%	+0.6%	+3.9%
Long-Term Bond average	3.0%	-0.6%	-2.6%	-2.3%	-3.4%	6.2%	-3.3%	1.4%	3.2%
Difference	+1.5%	+0.8%	+0.1%	-0.3%	-0.8%	-0.6%	-1.5%	-0.8%	+0.8%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government56.5%
AAA0.9%
AA60.3%
A19.4%
BBB19.4%
BB0.0%

Asset mix

Bonds99.6%
Cash0.4%

ETF details

Issuer: Vanguard
Category: Fixed Income · Long-Term Bond
Ticker: BLV
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 7 Feb 2019 (7.7 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.03% (category 0.84%)
Holdings turnover: 24% (category 79%)
Distribution yield: 5.23%
Beta, 3 years: 2.06
Total net assets: $7.8B
Average maturity: 7.77 years

Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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