- What does VTBNX invest in?
- The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full index in terms of key risk factors and other characteristics. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in bonds held in the index.
- What is the expense ratio of VTBNX?
- Vanguard Total Bond Market II Idx I (VTBNX) charges an expense ratio of 0.02%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.
- How big is VTBNX?
- Vanguard Total Bond Market II Idx I (VTBNX) manages $387.80B 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 VTBNX actively managed or an index fund?
- VTBNX 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 (VTBNX's is 0.02%) because there's no security selection cost.
- When was VTBNX launched?
- Vanguard Total Bond Market II Idx I (VTBNX) launched in January 2011 and is managed by Vanguard.
- How has VTBNX performed?
- VTBNX's total return — price change plus reinvested distributions — is charted at the top of this page. Switch the price chart to Total Return and pick a 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, or 10-year window to read the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over each horizon.
