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About Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF
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Inception date
Apr 3, 2007
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
BIV is an intermediate-term bond ETF that adopts a slightly more stringent definition of intermediate by excluding bonds with maturities of under 5 years and over 10. This sets it apart from its competitors and our benchmark, which have broader interpretations of intermediate-term bonds. As such, BIV has a longer average maturity and a slight bias toward lower-rated corporate bonds. Nearly the whole portfolio is in bonds expiring between 5-10 years, compared with about one third for our benchmark. The fund suffers in terms of transparency thanks to Vanguard's monthly disclosure practices.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government60.60%
Corporate38.34%
Cash0.74%
Municipal0.30%
Securitized0.02%
Stock breakdown by region
North America93.17%
Europe3.68%
Asia2.23%
Latin America0.49%
Oceania0.23%
Middle East0.18%
Africa0.01%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history