Vanguard Long-term Bond Index Fund Admiral Shares: (MF: VBLAX)
(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of May 15, 2025 08:00 PM ET
$10.22 USD
+0.07 (0.69%)
Fund Description
Incepted in October 1998, the fund is managed by J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management (USA). The fund seeks to provide a balance of current income and growth of capital. The fund seeks a balance of current income and growth by using an active equity management style which focuses on equity securities that it considers most undervalued and an active fixed-income management style that focuses primarily on domestic fixed-income securities. The fund seeks growth of capital by normally investing 35% to 70% of its total assets in equity securities. The fund invests primarily in large and medium capitalization U.S. companies. By emphasizing undervalued equity securities, the fund seeks to produce returns that exceed those of the S&P 500. The fund invests at least 25% of its total assets in U.S. Government securities and other fixed-income securities, including mortgage-backed securities. The fund invests in fixed-income securities only if they are rated as investment grade by Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor's Corporation, Fitch Investor's Service Inc., or the equivalent by another national rating organization, or if they are unrated are deemed by the adviser to be of comparable quality. The fund may invest in floating rate securities, whose interest rate adjusts automatically whenever a specified interest rate changes, and in variable rate securities, whose interest rates are changed periodically. The fund's advisers blend growth and value-style equity investing to help minimize risk and they seek to maintain an intermediate-term average maturity for the fund's fixed-income portion. The fund distributes dividends and net capital gains, if any, quarterly.
Load Information
Ticker | Max Load % |
Deferred Load % |
Red. Fee % |
12B-1 Fee % |
Mgmt Fee % |
Expense Ratio % |
|
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Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Adm | VBLAX | NA | NA | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.07 |
Return Data
Ticker | Nav | Inception Date | % yield | 1 year return | 2 year return | 3 year return | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Instl | VBLLX | 10.28 | 1/26/2005 | 4.62 | 6.33 | -1.74 | -4.77 |
Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index I Pls | VBLIX | 10.35 | 9/27/2011 | 4.63 | 6.34 | -1.73 | -4.76 |
Investment Information
Ticker | Minimum Initial Investment ($) | Minimum Subsequent Investment ($) | Minimum Initial IRA ($) | Dividend Frequency | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Adm | VBLAX | 3000 | 1 | 0 | M |
Contact Information
Family | Vanguard Group |
Address | 100 Vanguard Blvd. Malvern, PA 19355 |
Phone | 800 662-7447 |