Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF vs Vanguard Tax Managed Fund FTSE Developed Markets ETF — how do they compare? Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF trades at $72.71, while Vanguard Tax Managed Fund FTSE Developed Markets ETF trades at $70.97. The key difference: Vanguard Tax Managed Fund FTSE Developed Markets ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BND | VEA | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $75.17 | $72.39 |
52-Week Low | $72.45 | $56.02 |
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This index measures the performance of a wide spectrum of public, investment-grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the US, including government, corporate, and international dollar-denominated bonds, as well as mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities-all with maturities of more than 1 year. All of the fund's investments will be selected through the sampling process, and at least 80% of its assets will be invested in bonds held in the index.
Read more on BND →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index, a market-capitalization-weighted index that is made up of approximately 4022 common stocks of large-, mid-, and small-cap companies located in Canada and the major markets of Europe and the Pacific region. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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