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Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF

VGLT
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Nov 19, 2009
Expense Ratio
0.04%
Type
US Bonds
Fund Owner
Vanguard
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$85,082,901
AUM
$7,063,415,918
Associated Index
Bloomberg U.S. Long Government Float Adjusted Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus

Top 10 Holdings

United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.64%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.55%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.55%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.53%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.53%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.31%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.28%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.28%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.23%
United States Treasury Note/Bond
2.21%

What is VGLT?

VGLT seeks to provide a high and sustainable level of current income. Invests primarily in government bonds. Maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity of 10 to 25 years.

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VGLT
Performance Measures**

for the time period Nov 24, 2009 to Dec 4, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return: -0.9%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 1-month period.

3M Trailing Return: 2.5%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 3-month period.

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown: -46.2%

The greatest percent loss from peak to trough in value over the time period.

Standard Deviation: 13.5%

The typical amount that daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio: 0.26

The annualized arithmetic mean of the daily returns divided by the annualized standard deviation of the daily returns for the selected time period.

Calmar Ratio: 0.06

The annualized return divided by the max drawdown for the selected time period.

ETFs related toVGLT

ETFs correlated to VGLT include SPTL, TLT, TMF

VGLT
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF
SPTL
SSgA Active Trust - SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF
TLT
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
TMF
Direxion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X Shares
SCHQ
Schwab Strategic Trust - Schwab US Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
UBT
ProShares Trust - ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury 2x Shares
TLH
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF
EDV
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF
ZROZ
Pimco Exchange Traded Fund - PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund
GOVI
Invesco Capital Management LLC - Invesco Equal Weight 0-30 Year Treasury ETF
BLV
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF

What is ETF correlation?

Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.

Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.

Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction

ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:

  • Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
  • Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
  • Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.

Trading Strategies
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FAQ

VGLT is a US Bonds ETF. VGLT seeks to provide a high and sustainable level of current income. Invests primarily in government bonds. Maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity of 10 to 25 years.

VGLT tracks the Bloomberg U.S. Long Government Float Adjusted Index.

No, VGLT is not actively managed. It is passively managed. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.

Yes, VGLT is passively managed. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested.

The 1-month return on VGLT is -0.052%. This is the percent change in the value of VGLT over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on VGLT is -0.1183%. This is the percent change in the value of VGLT over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of VGLT for the past year is 0.174%. Standard deviation is the typical amount that the daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

ETFs similar to VGLT include SHY, BIL, and IEI.

ETFs correlated to VGLT include SPTL, TLT, and TMF.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to VGLT include TBT, TBF, and TMV.

Disclaimers

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