Vanguard Short Term Corporate Bond ETF vs Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Vanguard Short Term Corporate Bond ETF trades at $78.58, while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF trades at $369.56. The key difference: Vanguard Total Stock Market 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 | VTI | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Fixed Income | — |
52-Week High | $80.20 | $374.36 |
52-Week Low | $78.45 | $305.74 |
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 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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