- What does VBIAX invest in?
- The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of two benchmark indexes. With approximately 60% of its assets, the fund seeks to track the investment performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index. With approximately 40% of its assets, the fund seeks to track the investment performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index.
- What is the expense ratio of VBIAX?
- Vanguard Balanced Index Fund (VBIAX) charges an expense ratio of 0.07%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.
- What is VBIAX's dividend yield?
- VBIAX's trailing-twelve-month yield is 5.35%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price.
- How big is VBIAX?
- Vanguard Balanced Index Fund (VBIAX) manages $63.70B in total assets. AUM determines bid-ask liquidity and the fund's vulnerability to closure — funds below ~$50M are at higher risk of liquidation.
- Is VBIAX actively managed or an index fund?
- VBIAX is a passive index fund — it tracks a published benchmark by holding the constituents in their published weights. Index funds typically charge low expense ratios (VBIAX's is 0.07%) because there's no security selection cost.
- When was VBIAX launched?
- Vanguard Balanced Index Fund (VBIAX) launched in November 2000 and is managed by Vanguard.
