Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund BNDX
- Expense Ratio (TER) 0.07% · Excellent — keeps more returns in your pocket
- AUM (Fund Size) 123.29B · Large — good liquidity & low tracking error
- Distribution Yield 4.46% · Strong income distribution
- Long-Term Track Record 3Y avg +4.1%/yr · 5Y avg +0.2%/yr
- Annual Volatility 3.5% · Very Low
- Worst 1-Year Drawdown -2.9% · Resilient — contained loss periods
- Risk-Adjusted Return Sharpe 0.57 · Fair
Auto-generated from fund data and price history. Not investment advice — verify with the fund issuer's factsheet before investing.
About This Fund
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index (USD Hedged). This index provides a broad-based measure of the global, investment-grade, fixed-rate bond markets. It is non-diversified.
Investment Strategy & Highlights
- Theme: Tracks International Bond.
- Category: Global Bond-USD Hedged · managed by Vanguard.
- Top sector: Technology at 100.0% of holdings.
- Cost: Expense ratio of 0.07% — very low for this category.
- Income: Distributes a yield of approximately 4.46%.
- Track record: 3Y avg +4.10% · 5Y avg +0.17% per year.
- Trading: Listed on NGM, denominated in USD.
Curated from issuer disclosures, fund factsheets, and public market data. Figures are illustrative and not investment advice.
Key Facts
Performance Returns
Total price return over each window. 3Y/5Y use weekly close history; shorter windows use daily closes.
Risk & Volatility
Volatility = stdev of daily returns × √252. Sharpe-like = annualized mean / annualized vol (rf = 0%). Educational estimates from 1-year price history.
Technical Trend
Signal: Bullish (price > SMA50 > SMA200)
Computed from daily close history. SMA-50 above SMA-200 is the classic “golden cross” trend regime. RSI > 70 overbought · RSI < 30 oversold.
PROS
- Very low expense ratio (0.07%) — cost-efficient core holding.
- Large AUM (~$123.3B) — deep liquidity and tight spreads.
- Low volatility (~4% annualized).
CONS
No notable concerns flagged.
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from fund metrics.
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