Bond ETFs from Vanguard
Vanguard has created more bond ETFs. At this point, you can use ETFs for the entire portion of your indexed portfolio in bonds.
They are:
BND: Vanguard Total Bond Market Index (note: this one has big competition in AGG. Vanguard's ETF has a 0.11% expense ration vs 0.20% for AGG. Vanguard replicates the whole index, while AGG samples the index.
BSC: Vanguard Short Term Bond
BIV: Vanguard Intermediate Term Bond
BLV: Vanguard Long Term Bond
The only thing really missing here is an inflation-protected bond index like TIP.
They are:
BND: Vanguard Total Bond Market Index (note: this one has big competition in AGG. Vanguard's ETF has a 0.11% expense ration vs 0.20% for AGG. Vanguard replicates the whole index, while AGG samples the index.
BSC: Vanguard Short Term Bond
BIV: Vanguard Intermediate Term Bond
BLV: Vanguard Long Term Bond
The only thing really missing here is an inflation-protected bond index like TIP.
posted by Stephen Drone at
2:25 PM
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