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BNDXVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund

$46.86+0.15% vs prior close
475052-WK

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

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index (USD Hedged). This index provides a broad-based measure of the global, investment-grade, fixed-rate debt markets. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
49.248.347.546.86DAILY NET FLOWOct 2Feb 2Jun 2Oct 2

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$2.6B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -3.0% so far this year. At 0.070% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

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

$58.5Bassets under management
0.070%expense ratio · $7 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
4.9Mavg daily volume, 30 days
426holdings · US-domiciled
2013listed May 31, 2013 · beta 0.14
Sector weights
Cash & Others100.01%
Other83.53%
Corporate23.94%
Financial Services13.33%
Healthcare1.57%
Consumer Cyclical1.57%
Cash0.75%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other80.52%
United States11.31%
Canada7.58%
Australia0.5%
Ireland0.14%
Netherlands0.14%
Bermuda0.09%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.2%
1 month-0.8%
3 months-2.9%
6 months-2.5%
YTD-3.0%
1 year-5.2%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

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

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JulSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
4%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
4%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.1%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
4.7Mshares traded
The case against BNDX

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-4bp on fee · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.3B+$489M-4bp on fee · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-2bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-3bp on fee · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.5B+$1.4B-4bp on fee · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
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