Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF vs Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF trades at $72.25, while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF trades at $381.64. The key difference: Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund 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 | VTI | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $75.17 | $381.78 |
52-Week Low | $72.15 | $311.68 |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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 index, which represents approximately 100% of the investable US stock market and includes large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks. 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 characteristics.
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