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| 1 Year | 5 Year | 5 Year Annualized | Since IPO | |
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| VGSH | +4.91% | +9.13% | +1.76% | +25% |
| S&P | +14.29% | +86.82% | +13.3% | +527% |
The investment seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with a short-term dollar-weighted average maturity.
Both Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF aim to steady a portfolio. This article looks at where that stability comes from, and why the difference shows up when credit conditions change.
When markets feel unsettled, investors often turn to short-term Treasury funds to steady their portfolios.The Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF and the Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF play similar roles, but the details matter when investors are forced to rely on them.
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