Vanguard short term inflation protected securities index

Fund typeOpen Ended Investment Company
Investment style (bonds)Credit Quality: High
Interest-Rate Sensitivity: Ltd
Morningstar categoryInflation-Protected Bond
Launch date16 Oct 2012
Price currencyUSD
DomicileUnited States
SymbolVTAPX
Manager & start date

Joshua Barrickman

12 Oct 2012

Pricing frequencyDaily
Total net assets

56.88bn USD
As of Sep 30 2022

Share class size

20.80bn USD
As of Sep 30 2022

Net expense ratio0.06%
Front end load--
Deferred load--
Maximum Redemption Fee--
Min. initial investment3,000.00
USD
Min. additional investment1.00
USD
Initial IRA--
Additional IRA--
Available for saleUnited States

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Top 5 holdings as a per cent of portfolio
84.46% 31.33% 0.00% 31.33%
Category average% Net assets% Short% Long

Company1 year changePortfolio weightLong allocation
United States Treasury Notes -- 6.94%
United States Treasury Notes -- 6.62%
United States Treasury Notes -- 6.26%
United States Treasury Notes -- 5.89%
United States Treasury Notes -- 5.62%
Per cent of portfolio in top 5 holdings: 31.33%

Asset type

US bond 99.98%
Cash 0.02%
US stock 0.00%
Non-US stock 0.00%
Non-US bond 0.00%
Other 0.00%

Top 5 sectors

Government 99.98%
Cash & Equivalents 0.02%

Top 5 regions

Regions data is unavailable

Sector and region weightings are calculated using only long position holdings of the portfolio.

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Performance Overview

Morningstar Return Rating★★★

Year-to-Date Return0.58%

5-Year Average Return0.57%

Number of Years Up6

Number of Years Down3

Best 1 Yr Total Return (Feb 3, 2019)5.26%

Worst 1 Yr Total Return (Feb 3, 2019)-1.54%

Best 3-Yr Total Return5.26%

Worst 3-Yr Total Return-0.96%

Trailing Returns (%) Vs. Benchmarks

ReturnVTAPXCategory

YTD-3.60%2.01%

1-Month-1.24%0.29%

3-Month-2.40%2.93%

1-Year-3.00%7.04%

3-Year2.42%5.93%

5-Year2.04%3.88%

10-Year1.27%2.85%

Last Bull Market5.69%4.99%

Last Bear Market-1.17%3.43%

Annual Total Return (%) History

YearVTAPXCategory

2022N/AN/A

20215.26%N/A

20204.97%10.01%

20194.85%7.92%

20180.53%-1.64%

20170.82%2.72%

20162.72%4.59%

2015-0.17%-2.36%

2014-1.18%1.80%

2013-1.54%-7.85%

Past Quarterly Returns (%)

YearQ1Q2Q3Q4

2022-0.26%-1.17%N/AN/A

20211.08%1.67%1.29%1.12%

2020-0.73%2.61%1.70%1.32%

20191.71%1.58%0.40%1.08%

20180.20%0.48%0.10%-0.25%

20170.69%-0.52%0.45%0.21%

20161.82%0.85%0.24%-0.21%

20150.33%0.54%-0.61%-0.41%

20140.16%1.54%-1.39%-1.46%

20130.52%-2.42%0.61%-0.23%

Rank In Category (By Total Return)

YTD7

1-Month18

3-Month16

1-Year9

3-Year17

5-Year57

Load Adjusted Returns

1-Year-0.09%

3-Year3.31%

5-Year2.87%

10-YearN/A

Are short

TIPS can be a good investment choice when inflation is running high, since they adjust payments when interest rates rise, whereas other bonds don't. This is usually a good strategy for short-term investing, but stocks and other investments may offer better long-term returns.

What is a short

The BlackRock Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of inflation-protected U.S. Treasury bonds with remaining maturities of less than five years.

What Vanguard fund protects against inflation?

VIPSX-Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund Investor Shares | Vanguard.

Does Vanguard have an inflation protection fund?

Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund seeks to provide inflation protection and income consistent with investments in inflation-indexed securities. The fund is actively managed using a style-pure, risk-controlled approach that seeks high predictability of returns relative to the benchmark.