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Vanguard Instl Total Bond Market Index Trust VTBSX

Medalist Rating as of Apr 28, 2026 See Vanguard Investment Hub

Strategy

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. All of the fund's investments will be selected through the sampling process, and at least 80% of its assets will be invested in bonds held in the index.

Ticker	Name	Share Class Type	Investment Status	Morningstar Rating for Funds Overall	Medalist Rating Overall	Inception Date	Total Net Assets for Share Class	Adjusted Expense Ratio	Fee Level Distribution	Minimum Initial Investment	1-Year Net Flow
BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares	ETF	Open			Apr 3, 2007	$166.39B	0.030%	—	—	$25.64B
VBMFX	Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Investor Shares	No Load	Limited			Dec 11, 1986	$355.20M	0.150%	Low	$3,000	−$127.99M
VBTIX	Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Institutional Shares	Institutional	Open			Sep 18, 1995	$43.19B	0.025%	Low	$5M	−$230.76M
VBTLX	Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Admiral Shares	Institutional	Open			Nov 12, 2001	$96.52B	0.040%	Low	$3,000	−$4.37B
VBMPX	Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Institutional Plus Shares	Institutional	Open			Feb 5, 2010	$34.54B	0.020%	Low	$100M	−$898.91M
VTBSX	Vanguard Instl Total Bond Market Index Trust	Institutional	Open			Jun 24, 2016	$53.28B	0.010%	Low	$3B	$3.28B

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