Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares Company profile
The investment seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index. This index measures the performance of a wide spectrum of public, investment-grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States-including government, corporate, and international dollar-denominated bonds, as well as mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities-all with maturities of more than 1 year. This popular ETF offers exposure to entire investment grade bond market in a single ticker, with holdings in T-Bills, corporates, MBS, and agency bonds. BND could make for a good choice for investors who currently have little to no bond exposure and are looking to broadly increase their holdings in the segment across a variety of sectors.