Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF

BIV tracks a market-weighted index of the entire investment-grade fixed-income market with maturities of 5-10 years.

BIV is essentially one of Vanguard's main efforts to grab market share from another bond ETF behemoth, AGG. BIV is a straightforward fund that should give straightforward, bond-market-index-tracking results.

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Investors no longer view fixed income as the safe harbor asset it was once perceived as. Funds tracking the U.S. bond market have lost roughly 16% year-to-date, while long-dated U.S. Treasurys have plummeted 34%.

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The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose for a sixth straight week as the market comes to grip with a hawkish Fed. Despite easing inflation worries, Chair Powell again communicated that big policy rate hikes are imminent.

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Vanguard today reported expense ratio reductions for four broadly diversified bond ETFs.  The ETFs affected include the Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (BIV), the Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF (BLV), and the Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (BSV), each of which dropped to four basis points from five, and the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND), which dropped [.

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Inflation is now well over the Fed's preferred level of 2% and promises to remain overheated during the remainder of 2022.So the question becomes what categories of ETFs (or even mutual funds) an investor should consider owning in order to avoid the generally poor returns that inflation may bring.

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BIV is an ETF that gives exposure to the intermediate-term, investment-grade U.S. bond market, having a 50/50 split between government securities and investment-grade bonds.

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The Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund is a diversified ETF offering exposure to U.S. intermediate-term bonds from the government and investment-grade corporate issuers.The fund is high quality and presents limited credit risk to investors. However, when interest rates rise, the fund's moderate duration may leave shareholders exposed.

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Investors continued to plow money into taxable (+$32.0 billion) and tax-exempt (+$4.8 billion) bond funds (including ETFs) for the month of September. For the month, the average taxable and tax-exempt fixed income mutual fund posted a 0.48% and 0.75% decline, respectively, for September and are up 0.50% and 1.27% so far this year.

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There are times when an investor wants aggregate U.S. bond exposure and other times when targeted duration (short or long) is necessary given the current market environs—whatever the need, Vanguard offers suitable ETFs. In this case, it's getting U.S. bond exposure that strikes a chord with investors transparency, liquidity, diversification, and cost concerns.

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Intermediate bonds can give fixed income investors a middle ground for long and short duration via an all-encompassing asset like the Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares (BIV). BIV seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 5-10 Year Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index.

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Intermediate bond funds and ETFs have long been popular choices with investors who follow an index fund approach to investing. BIV, one of the most popular had a 9.7% annual return last year, but this came at the cost of once-in-a-lifetime low yields.

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BIV invests in investment-grade bonds worldwide that have maturities between 5 and 10 years. Short enough to minimize interest rate risk without sacrificing too much yield. Default risk is minimal too. Many investors are again looking at higher quality bonds for a better risk-return trade-off as the High-Yield Bond Index recently went below a 4% yield, a record low.

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