- What does VCORX invest in?
- This actively managed, low-cost mutual fund primarily aims to offer extensive exposure to the high-quality U.S. fixed income market. Its portfolio is composed of a diverse array of U.S. Treasury, mortgage-backed, and corporate debt instruments, encompassing a wide range of yield characteristics and durations, from short- to long-term. Employing a disciplined and risk-controlled investment approach, the fund endeavors to exceed the performance of the broader investment-grade market. This objective is pursued through careful selection of individual securities, strategic allocation across various market sectors, and, to a lesser degree, decisions related to portfolio duration. As is common with investments focused on bonds, the fund faces interest rate risk; an increase in interest rates can cause the value of the bonds it holds to decline, thereby reducing the fund's net asset value (NAV). Given its comprehensive investment across all major segments and maturities within the investment-grade fixed income universe, this fund is often considered a suitable core bond component for an investor's portfolio. It is important to distinguish this Vanguard Core Bond Fund from the Vanguard Core Bond ETF (VCRB). Variations in their operational scale, specific investment processes, and underlying holdings are anticipated to result in different investment returns for the two products.
- What is the expense ratio of VCORX?
- Vanguard Core Bond Fund Investor Shares (VCORX) charges an expense ratio of 0.20%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.
- What is VCORX's dividend yield?
- VCORX's trailing-twelve-month yield is 4.70%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price.
- What is the duration of VCORX?
- Effective duration measures VCORX's sensitivity to interest-rate changes — a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. VCORX's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website.
- What is the credit quality of VCORX?
- VCORX'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 VCORX?
- Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from VCORX if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. VCORX'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.
