Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Institutional Shares VBTIX

The Process Pillar is our assessment of how sensible, clearly defined, and repeatable VBTIX’s performance objective and investment process is for both security selection and portfolio construction.

The People Pillar is our evaluation of the VBTIX management team’s experience and ability. We find that high-quality management teams deliver superior performance relative to their benchmarks and/or peers.

The Parent Pillar is our rating of VBTIX’s parent organization’s priorities and whether they’re in line with investors’ interests.