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Vanguard Scottsdale Funds Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF

VTC
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Nov 07 2017
Expense Ratio
0.04%
Type
US Bonds
Fund Owner
Vanguard
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$4,834,744
AUM
$1,166,167,100
Associated Index
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus
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Top 10 Holdings

VCSH
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF
39.73%
VCLT
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF
32.84%
VCIT
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF
27.39%
MKTLIQ
MKTLIQ
0.04%
n/a
USD CASH(Alpha Committed)
0.00%
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What is VTC?

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of a broad, market-weighted corporate bond index. The Fund is a fund of funds and employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index, which measures the investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market. The Index includes U.S. dollar-denominated securities that are publicly issued by industrial, utility, and financial issuers.

ETFs related toVTC

ETFs correlated to VTC include LQD, SUSC, VCEB

VTC
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF
LQD
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
SUSC
iShares Trust - iShares Trust iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF
VCEB
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF
QLTA
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF
SPBO
SPDR Series Trust - SPDR Portfolio Corporate Bond ETF
USIG
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
IGLB
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares 10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
SPLB
SSgA Active Trust - SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond ETF
VCLT
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF
IGIB
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Trust iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate 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.

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FAQ

VTC is a US Bonds ETF. Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of a broad, market-weighted corporate bond index. The Fund is a fund of funds and employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index, which measures the investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market. The Index includes U.S. dollar-denominated securities that are publicly issued by industrial, utility, and financial issuers.

VTC tracks the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Bond Index.

No, VTC 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, VTC 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 VTC is -0.0126%. This is the percent change in the value of VTC over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on VTC is -0.0266%. This is the percent change in the value of VTC over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of VTC for the past year is 0.0884%. 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 VTC include BBCB, IGSB, and SPIB.

ETFs correlated to VTC include LQD, SUSC, and VCEB.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to VTC include TTT, TBF, and TBX.

Disclaimers

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