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Vanguard Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond ETF Shares

$98.80+0.20% vs prior close
9810352-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Oct 31. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a range of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full index in terms of key risk factors and other characteristics.

Price & daily flows
99.999.298.6Wed Sep 30 · VTI leads Vanguard's September ETF flows as VOO misses top-eight list98.80DAILY NET FLOWSep 2Sep 14Sep 22Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -2.7% 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

$491Massets under management
0.070%expense ratio · $7 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
1.1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
0holdings
2023listed March 7, 2023 · beta 0.04
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Municipal98.98%
Cash1.02%
Corporate0.32%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.3%
1 month-1.5%
3 months-2.4%
6 months-2.3%
YTD-2.7%
1 year-2.8%
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
3%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
2%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.8%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
1.6Mshares traded
The case against VTES

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VTES 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%$16.3B+$489M-4bp on fee · 33× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-2bp on fee · 250× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.5B+$1.4B-4bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-3bp on fee · 48× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-3bp on fee · 38× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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