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VWOBVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund

$63.82+0.39% vs prior close
636852-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 manager employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of index. All of the fund's investments will be selected through the sampling process, and under normal circumstances at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds included in the index. It is non-diversified.

VWOB price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateVWOB close
Sep 28, 2026$63.51
Sep 29, 2026$63.46
Sep 30, 2026$63.13
Oct 1, 2026$62.70
Oct 2, 2026$62.71
Oct 5, 2026$62.80
Oct 6, 2026$63.21
Oct 7, 2026$63.13
Oct 8, 2026$63.26
Oct 9, 2026$63.34
Oct 12, 2026$63.33
Oct 13, 2026$63.44
Oct 14, 2026$63.46
Oct 15, 2026$63.86
Oct 16, 2026$63.66
Oct 19, 2026$63.35
Oct 20, 2026$63.44
Oct 21, 2026$63.50
Oct 22, 2026$63.82
Oct 23, 2026$63.71
Oct 26, 2026$63.57
Oct 27, 2026$63.82

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -5.4% so far this year. At 0.20% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG has a reported fee of 0.03%.

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

$5.3Bassets under management
0.20%expense ratio · $20 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
694Kavg daily volume, 30 days
200holdings · US-domiciled
2013listed May 31, 2013 · beta 0.28

Sector weights

  • Cash & Others100%
  • Other80.01%
  • Government National75.51%
  • Corporate20.63%
  • Miscellaneous19.52%
  • Government Agency17.43%
  • Industrial3.28%
  • Government Regional2.91%
  • Mutual fund1.25%
  • Financial0.54%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Cash & Others100%
Other80.01%
Government National75.51%
Corporate20.63%
Miscellaneous19.52%
Government Agency17.43%
Industrial3.28%
Government Regional2.91%
Mutual fund1.25%
Financial0.54%

Country weights

  • Other78.89%
  • United States20.62%
  • China0.49%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Other78.89%
United States20.62%
China0.49%
Performance
1 week+0.5%
1 month-0.3%
3 months-3.3%
6 months-5.0%
YTD-5.4%
1 year-6.4%
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+$171.6MSep+$65MOct$0Jul+$171.6MSep+$65MOct$0Jul+$171.6MSep+$65MOct
Source: Daily creation/redemption records, trailing twelve months
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LabelValue ($)
Jul$0
Sep$171.6M
Oct$65M
The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
6%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.7%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
7puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
640Kshares traded
The case against VWOB

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VWOB 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-17bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$609M in over the monthHead-to-head
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.4B+$489M-17bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTL State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF0.03%$10.9B+$160M-17bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$160M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B-15bp on fee · 23× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.4B+$497M-16bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
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