Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF
VGLT · Exchange-traded fund · Bonds
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What this fund holds
Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF is an exchange-traded fund. It holds long-dated US Treasury bonds.
1M price history
What this fund owns
Long-dated US Treasury bonds.
The same long-maturity exposure as other long Treasury funds.
Fund profile
Classification, not a provider estimate- Asset class
- Fixed income (bonds)
- Category
- Long-term Treasuries
- Typical maturity
- Long (20 years and beyond)
- Credit quality
- US government
- Interest-rate sensitivity
- Very high
- Credit risk
- Very low
Expense ratio, yield to maturity and average duration in years are not available from Scope's current data provider for bond funds, so they are shown as unavailable rather than estimated.
How interest rates affect it
Bond prices and interest rates generally move in opposite directions. When market interest rates rise, existing bond prices generally fall, and when rates fall, existing bond prices generally rise. Longer-duration bonds are typically more sensitive to interest-rate changes.
This fund's interest-rate sensitivity is very high, and its credit risk is very low. Those are two separate risks: a fund can carry a lot of one and almost none of the other.
What can go wrong
- Interest-rate risk: very high. Long maturities mean large price swings when long-term rates move.
- Credit risk is very low — these are loans to the US government, which has always repaid in dollars.
- Inflation risk: the interest received can be worth less in real terms if prices rise faster than the yield.
Bond ETFs can fall in value and have done so. They are usually steadier than shares, which is not the same as safe.
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