Performance
Trailing returns
| 1 day |
| -0.16% | |||
| 1 week |
| -0.07% | |||
| 4 week | +1.26% |
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| 3 month | +3.18% |
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| YTD | +3.76% |
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| 1 year | +13.86% |
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| 3 years* | +12.05% |
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| 5 years* | +9.01% |
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| *annualized | |||||
| Best 3 month return | +14.72% | |
| Worst 3 month return | -25.52% |
Morningstar statistics
Morningstar category: High Yield Bond
| Return | Risk | Rating | |
| 3 years | Above Average | Below Average |
 
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| 5 years | Average | Average |
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| 10 years | Below Average | Average |
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| Overall | Average | Average |
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Key statistics
| Total assets | 18.26B | |
| Front load | - | |
| Deferred load | - | |
| Expense ratio | 0.23% | |
| Management fee | - | |
| Fund family | Vanguard |
Asset allocation
| Cash | 3.44% | |
| Stocks | 0.00% | |
| Bonds | 91.30% | |
| Preferred | 3.32% | |
| Other | 1.94% |
Purchase information
| Initial | US$3,000 | |
| Additional | US$100 | |
| AIP Initial | US$0 | |
| AIP Additional | US$100 |
6.17-0.01(-0.16%)
May 24, 4:00PM EDT
Overall Morningstar RatingTM
Description
The investment seeks to provide a high level of current income. The fund invests mainly in a diversified group of high-yielding, higher-risk corporate bonds-commonly known as "junk bonds"-with medium- and lower-range credit-quality ratings. It invests at least 80% of its assets in corporate bonds that are rated below Baa by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (Moody's); have an equivalent rating by any other independent bond-rating agency; or, if unrated, are determined to be of comparable quality by the fund's advisor. The fund's high-yield bonds and loans mostly have short- and intermediate-term maturities.
Fund filings (PDF) »
Fund filings (PDF) »
Asset manager:
Michael Hong (Started: Feb 14, 2008)
Michael Hong (Started: Feb 14, 2008)
Risk
| 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 10 years | ||
| Alpha* | 11.26 | 9.56 | 2.68 | 3.38 | |
| Beta* | 0.07 | 0.12 | 1.20 | 0.82 | |
| Mean annual return | 0.97 | 0.86 | 0.78 | 0.65 | |
| R-squared* | 0.22 | 0.20 | 12.75 | 10.61 | |
| Standard deviation | 2.87 | 6.29 | 11.94 | 9.00 | |
| Sharpe ratio | 4.00 | 1.62 | 0.76 | 0.67 | |
| * Against standard index | |||||
Top 10 holdings
| Security | Net Assets | |
| US Treasury Bill | 1.40% | |
| Intelsat Jackson Hldgs 7.25% | 1.02% | |
| Sprint Nextel 144A 7% | 1.01% | |
| Barclays Bk 144A 6.05% | 0.90% | |
| Ing U S 144A 5.5% | 0.88% | |
| Hca 6.5% | 0.86% | |
| Citigroup Cap Xiii Pfd | 0.85% | |
| Dish Dbs 6.75% | 0.83% | |
| Cit Grp 144A 6.625% | 0.77% | |
| Air Lease 5.625% | 0.76% |