- What does VBMFX invest in?
- The investment seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index. This index measures the performance of a wide spectrum of public, investment-grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States-including government, corporate, and international dollar-denominated bonds, as well as mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities-all with maturities of more than 1 year. All of the fund's investments will be selected through the sampling process, and at least 80% of its assets will be invested in bonds held in the index.
- What is the expense ratio of VBMFX?
- Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund (VBMFX) charges an expense ratio of 0.15%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.
- What is VBMFX's dividend yield?
- VBMFX's trailing-twelve-month yield is 4.01%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price.
- What is the duration of VBMFX?
- Effective duration measures VBMFX's sensitivity to interest-rate changes — a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. VBMFX's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website.
- What is the credit quality of VBMFX?
- VBMFX's credit quality breakdown — the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below — is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds.
- What is the yield to maturity of VBMFX?
- Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from VBMFX if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. VBMFX's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website — it differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid.
