Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
Tracks Bloomberg US 1-5 Yr Govt/Credit Float Adj Index
The four numbers that price an ETF.
What the ETF actually owns.
From the most recent SEC N-PORT filing. The top-10 weight tells you how concentrated the fund is — broad-market trackers run 25-30%, single-theme funds often 50-70%.
| # | Holding | Weight | Value (USD) | Asset class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.76% | $530 M | DBT |
| 2 | Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.33% | $233 M | STIV |
| 3 | Bank of America Corp | 0.06% | $41 M | DBT |
| 4 | European Investment Bank | 0.06% | $40 M | DBT |
| 5 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 0.05% | $35 M | DBT |
| 6 | Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd | 0.05% | $33 M | DBT |
| 7 | Sprint Capital Corp | 0.05% | $32 M | DBT |
| 8 | Verizon Communications Inc | 0.05% | $32 M | DBT |
| 9 | Asian Development Bank | 0.05% | $32 M | DBT |
| 10 | CVS Health Corp | 0.04% | $31 M | DBT |
| 11 | Amazon.com Inc | 0.04% | $31 M | DBT |
| 12 | International Bank for Reconstruction & Development | 0.04% | $30 M | DBT |
| 13 | Wells Fargo & Co | 0.04% | $30 M | DBT |
| 14 | Boeing Co/The | 0.04% | $29 M | DBT |
| 15 | Inter-American Development Bank | 0.04% | $29 M | DBT |
| 16 | Smurfit Kappa Treasury ULC | 0.04% | $29 M | DBT |
| 17 | Citigroup Inc | 0.04% | $28 M | DBT |
| 18 | TotalEnergies Capital International SA | 0.04% | $27 M | DBT |
| 19 | Morgan Stanley Bank NA | 0.04% | $26 M | DBT |
| 20 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The | 0.04% | $26 M | DBT |
| 21 | Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank | 0.04% | $25 M | DBT |
| 22 | Canada Government International Bond | 0.03% | $24 M | DBT |
| 23 | Paychex Inc | 0.03% | $22 M | DBT |
| 24 | Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV | 0.03% | $20 M | DBT |
| 25 | Cisco Systems Inc | 0.03% | $19 M | DBT |
What we measure and what we leave out.
Data sources: SEC EDGAR N-PORT filings (holdings + filing-date timestamp); issuer fact sheets for expense ratio + AUM + inception; Yahoo Finance for daily NAV.
Expense ratio is the single biggest forward predictor of long-horizon performance. A 0.03% expense ratio compounds to a fundamentally different outcome than a 0.95% expense ratio over 25 years — even if the underlying index is identical.
Concentration risk lives in the top-10 weight. For broad-market trackers (VOO, VTI, SPY) the top-10 sits around 28-32%. For thematic funds — semiconductors, AI, cannabis — top-10 often crosses 60%. A "sector tilt" with 60% in 10 names is closer to active stock-picking than passive index exposure.
LRS + tax for Indian investors: US-listed ETFs are securities for Indian-tax purposes — held > 24 months = LTCG @ 12.5%, ≤ 24 months = slab-rate STCG. Distributions are dividends taxed at slab rates (US withholds 25%, creditable via DTAA). LRS USD 250,000 / FY cap applies to each remittance.
India-listed alternative: for S&P 500 / NASDAQ-100 exposure without LRS friction, see India-listed ETFs at /etfs/ (Motilal Oswal, Mirae, Nippon, etc. variants). Higher TER but no LRS hassle and INR-settled.
What this page does not model: tracking error vs underlying index, premium/discount to NAV, bid-ask spread on-exchange, currency-hedged variants (e.g. JPST-hedged), securities lending revenue (which subsidises some expense ratios).
ETF NAVs, tracking error and AUM are computed from AMFI disclosures. ETFs are subject to market risk and tracking-error risk. MintByte is an AMFI-registered mutual fund distributor (ARN-314872). MintByte does not issue buy/sell recommendations on specific securities — the site is an educational data and analytics platform. Not investment advice. Methodology · How we earn.