Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (VGLT)

NASDAQ: VGLT · IEX Real-Time Price · USD
55.96
+0.03 (0.05%)
At close: Apr 23, 2024, 4:00 PM
55.85
-0.11 (-0.20%)
After-hours: Apr 23, 2024, 7:40 PM EDT
0.05%
Assets $11.88B
Expense Ratio 0.04%
PE Ratio n/a
Shares Out 206.47M
Dividend (ttm) $2.13
Dividend Yield 3.81%
Ex-Dividend Date Apr 1, 2024
Payout Ratio n/a
1-Year Return -14.26%
Volume 1,536,255
Open 55.76
Previous Close 55.93
Day's Range 55.66 - 56.25
52-Week Low 51.91
52-Week High 66.13
Beta 0.28
Holdings 84
Inception Date Nov 19, 2009

About VGLT

Fund Home Page

The Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (VGLT) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market value-weighted index of fixed income securities issued by the US Treasury, excluding inflation-protected bonds, with maturities of at least 10 years. VGLT was launched on Nov 19, 2009 and is issued by Vanguard.

Asset Class Fixed Income
Category Long Government
Region North America
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VGLT
ETF Provider Vanguard
Index Tracked Bloomberg US Aggregate Government - Treasury - Long

Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Apr 1, 2024 $0.1998 Apr 4, 2024
Mar 1, 2024 $0.1758 Mar 6, 2024
Feb 1, 2024 $0.1879 Feb 6, 2024
Dec 22, 2023 $0.1898 Dec 28, 2023
Dec 1, 2023 $0.1775 Dec 6, 2023
Nov 1, 2023 $0.1799 Nov 6, 2023
Full Dividend History

News

Short Treasury Bets Could Benefit Value-Seeking Investors

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6 days ago - ETF Trends

China's Plans Put Long-Term Bonds ETFs in Perspective

To stimulate economic growth, China is looking to issue bonds with extra long maturity dates or ultra-long bonds. It's a reminder to fixed income investors that options exist in ETFs domestically.

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6 weeks ago - ETF Trends

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7 weeks ago - ETF Trends

Why high-yield bond ETFs may deliver ‘surprise' outperformance in fixed income in 2024

Hello! For this week's ETF Wrap, I caught up with Michael Arone, State Street's chief investment strategist, at the Exchange ETF conference in Miami. He shared his take on bonds as ETF investors look ...

2 months ago - Market Watch

Why did the VGLT and TLT ETFs retreat after the NFP report?

The Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund (VGLT) and the popular iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) retreated after the blemish-free US non-farm payrolls (NFP) data. The TLT fund retreated by 9...

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3 months ago - Invezz

Betting on Wall Street's market forecasts predicts trouble for your portfolio

Before reading the year-ahead market forecasts that will undoubtedly be coming across your desk in coming weeks, go back and read last year's forecasts.

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5 months ago - Market Watch

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5 months ago - Market Watch

Millennials seem to dig bond ETFs despite volatile fixed-income market, Charles Schwab finds

Hello! This week's ETF Wrap gives you a look at the findings in Charles Schwab's latest annual ETF survey as well as how Thursday's economic data rippled through the bond market.

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6 months ago - Market Watch

VGLT ETF is still seeing inflows as Treasuries plot thickens

The Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (VGLT) stock price is still collapsing as concerns about America's fiscal health continues. Like the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT), the VGLT has plunged ...

6 months ago - Invezz

Bonds and gold: Strategist adds to positions as geopolitical worries intensify

JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Marko Kolanovic is taking a defensive approach to markets amid a flare up in geopolitical risks and restrictive monetary policy, saying the “time is coming to position for the l...

6 months ago - Market Watch

‘It's been a bloodbath': Long-term bond ETFs deepen losses after hotter-than-expected jobs report

Exchange-traded funds that buy long-term bonds deepened losses on Friday, as investors weighed a U.S. jobs report that was much stronger than Wall Street anticipated.

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7 months ago - Market Watch

Peter Schiff issues dire warning on BND, VGLT, and TLT bond ETFs

The bond market is going through a serious challenge as risks to the American economy continues. The yield of the 10-year Treasuries has soared to 4.65%, the highest point since 2007 while the 30-year...

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7 months ago - Invezz

ETFs that buy long-term Treasury bonds drop sharply after Fed signals higher for longer rates

Exchange-traded funds that invest in long-term Treasury bonds are dropping Thursday, as yields continued their march higher in the wake of the Federal Reserve's meeting on monetary policy.

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7 months ago - Market Watch

Long-term Treasury bond ETFs fall as Goldman Sachs forecasts rate cuts in 2024

Shares of exchange-traded funds that buy U.S. Treasury bonds with long-term maturities fell Monday, after three straight weeks of declines, as Goldman Sachs Group analysts forecast the Federal Reserve...

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Interest rate hedges cut both ways.

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