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VTIPVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund

$48.81+0.02% vs prior close
485052-WK

Price through Oct 27, 2026 · Flows through Oct 31, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 27, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 27, 2026.

The index is a market-capitalization-weighted index that includes all inflation-protected public obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury with remaining maturities of less than 5 years. The manager attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the securities that make up the index, holding each security in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

VTIP price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateVTIP close
Sep 28, 2026$49.16
Sep 29, 2026$49.19
Sep 30, 2026$49.22
Oct 1, 2026$48.41
Oct 2, 2026$48.38
Oct 5, 2026$48.39
Oct 6, 2026$48.42
Oct 7, 2026$48.46
Oct 8, 2026$48.49
Oct 9, 2026$48.46
Oct 12, 2026$48.49
Oct 13, 2026$48.46
Oct 14, 2026$48.51
Oct 15, 2026$48.58
Oct 16, 2026$48.68
Oct 19, 2026$48.64
Oct 20, 2026$48.66
Oct 21, 2026$48.66
Oct 22, 2026$48.82
Oct 23, 2026$48.83
Oct 26, 2026$48.80
Oct 27, 2026$48.81

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -1.3% so far this year. At 0.040% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$11Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
2.8Mavg daily volume, 30 days
21holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed October 12, 2012 · beta 0.01

Sector weights

  • Consumer Cyclical100%
  • Cash & Others100%
  • Treasury100%
  • Government97.07%
  • Mutual fund2.93%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Consumer Cyclical100%
Cash & Others100%
Treasury100%
Government97.07%
Mutual fund2.93%
Performance
1 week+0.3%
1 month-0.9%
3 months-1.4%
6 months-3.0%
YTD-1.3%
1 year-2.7%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows

  • Inflow / above zero
  • Outflow / below zero
$0Jul+$666.8MSep−$7.1MOct$0Jul+$666.8MSep−$7.1MOct$0Jul+$666.8MSep−$7.1MOct
Source: Daily creation/redemption records, trailing twelve months
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LabelValue ($)
Jul$0
Sep$666.8M
Oct−$7.1M
The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.3%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
2calls · latest snapshot
1puts · latest snapshot
0.50put/call ratio
2.2Mshares traded
The case against VTIP

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VTIP on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$40.7B+$609M-1bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$609M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.4B+$199M-1bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.4B+$497M3× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$47M2× the assets · +$47M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M2× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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