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About Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF
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Inception date
Nov 19, 2009
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.
The fund is passively managed to provide exposure to the short-term pocket of the US treasury debt market, excluding inflation-protected bonds. It includes short-term US treasury securities including bullet, putable, sinkable/amortizing and callable bonds, as well as original issue zero coupons. The fund excludes securities that are separate trading of registered interest and principal securities (STRIPS), as well as certain special issues, such as state and local government series bonds (SLGs) and inflation-protected securities. The fund uses a sampling technique to track its index, in which it holds a range of securities that has the same return and risk characteristics of the underlying index.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Stock breakdown by region
Top 10 holdings
Summarizing what the indicators are suggesting.
Oscillators
Neutral
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Oscillators
Neutral
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Summary
Neutral
SellBuy
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Neutral
SellBuy
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Neutral
SellBuy
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Moving Averages
Neutral
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Moving Averages
Neutral
SellBuy
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Strong sellSellNeutralBuyStrong buy
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
VGSH trades at 58.38 USD today, its price has fallen −0.17% in the past 24 hours. Track more dynamics on VGSH price chart.
VGSH net asset value is 58.30 today — it's fallen 0.04% over the past month. NAV represents the total value of the fund's assets less liabilities and serves as a gauge of the fund's performance.
VGSH assets under management is 22.43 B USD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
VGSH price has fallen by −0.49% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 1.08% increase. See more dynamics on VGSH price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by −0.04% over the last month, have fallen by −0.04% over the last month, showed a 0.82% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 5.13% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by −0.04% over the last month, have fallen by −0.04% over the last month, showed a 0.82% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 5.13% in a year.
VGSH fund flows account for 2.82 B USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Since ETFs work like an individual stock, they can be bought and sold on exchanges (e.g. NASDAQ, NYSE, EURONEXT). As it happens with stocks, you need to select a brokerage to access trading. Explore our list of available brokers to find the one to help execute your strategies. Don't forget to do your research before getting to trading. Explore ETFs metrics in our ETF screener to find a reliable opportunity.
VGSH invests in bonds. See more details in our Analysis section.
VGSH expense ratio is 0.03%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, VGSH isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
In some ways, ETFs are safe investments, but in a broader sense, they're not safer than any other asset, so it's crucial to analyze a fund before investing. But if your research gives a vague answer, you can always refer to technical analysis.
Today, VGSH technical analysis shows the sell rating and its 1-week rating is sell. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating VGSH shows the sell signal. See more of VGSH technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.
Today, VGSH technical analysis shows the sell rating and its 1-week rating is sell. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating VGSH shows the sell signal. See more of VGSH technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.
Yes, VGSH pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 4.19%.
VGSH trades at a premium (0.03%).
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
VGSH shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc.
VGSH follows the Bloomberg US Treasury (1-3 Y) (Inception 4/30/1996). ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Nov 19, 2009.
The fund's management style is passive, meaning it's aiming to replicate the performance of the underlying index by holding assets in the same proportions as the index. The goal is to match the index's returns.