Vanguard Short Term Corporate Bond ETF vs Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Vanguard Short Term Corporate Bond ETF trades at $78.58, while Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF trades at $99.69. The key difference: Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Vanguard Short Term Corporate Bond ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VCSH | VNQ | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Fixed Income | — |
52-Week High | $80.20 | $100.07 |
52-Week Low | $78.45 | $87.00 |
Trailing returns across standard periods
VCSH tracks the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index, focusing on high-quality, investment-grade debt with short maturities. It is designed to offer higher income than Treasury bills with significantly lower interest rate sensitivity than intermediate or long-term bond funds.
Read more on VCSH →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Real Estate 25/50 Index, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small US companies within the real estate sector. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. It is non-diversified.
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