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VTCVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF

$72.52-0.15% vs prior close
737952-WK

Price through Oct 2, 2026 · Flows through Oct 31, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 4, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 4, 2026.

The fund is a fund of funds and employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index, which measures the investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market. The index includes U.S. dollar-denominated securities that are publicly issued by industrial, utility, and financial issuers.

Price & daily flows
77.775.873.972.52DAILY NET FLOWOct 2Feb 2Jun 2Oct 2

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$25M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -6.6% so far this year. At 0.040% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG has a reported fee of 0.03%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$1.1Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
212Kavg daily volume, 30 days
3holdings · US-domiciled
2017listed November 7, 2017 · beta 0.16
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
ETF99.96%
Other72.74%
Miscellaneous27.26%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.4%
1 month-3.0%
3 months-5.3%
6 months-5.6%
YTD-6.6%
1 year-7.2%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
5%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-8.4%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
84Kshares traded
The case against VTC

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VTC on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.4B+$489M-1bp on fee · 16× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B117× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.1B+$1.4B-1bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.3B+$575M22× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M18× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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