VGSH
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETFVGSH Fund Description
VGSH tracks a market-weighted index of fixed income securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, excluding inflation-protected securities, with maturities of 1-3 years.
VGSH Factset Analytics Insight
VGSH is a well-known T-bond ETF. The fund mirrors the float-adjusted version of its benchmark, thus the fund and its benchmark have almost identical portfolio statistics including average maturity, duration and YTM. VGSH includes short-term US treasury securities including bullet, putable, sinkable/amortizing and callable bonds as well as original issue zero coupons. The fund excludes securities that are separate trading of registered interest and principal securities (STRIPS) as well as certain special issues, such as state and local government series bonds (SLGs) and inflation-protected securities. In the fourth quarter of 2017, the underlying index changed from Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Year Government Float Adjusted Index to Bloomberg Barclays US Treasury Bond 1-3 Year Term Float Adjusted Index.
VGSH MSCI ESG Analytics Insight
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF has an MSCI ESG Fund Rating of A based on a score of 6.10 out of 10. The MSCI ESG Fund Rating measures the resiliency of portfolios to long-term risks and opportunities arising from environmental, social, and governance factors. ESG Fund Ratings range from best (AAA) to worst (CCC). Highly rated funds consist of companies that tend to show strong and/or improving management of financially relevant environmental, social and governance issues. These companies may be more resilient to disruptions arising from ESG events.
The fund’s Peer Rank reflects the ranking of a fund’s MSCI ESG Fund Quality Score against the scores of other funds within the same peer group, as defined by the Thomson Reuters Lipper Global Classification. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index ETF ranks in the 55th percentile within its peer group and in the 87th percentile within the global universe of all funds covered by MSCI ESG Fund Ratings.
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This measurement shows how easy it is to trade a $1 million USD block of VGSH. VGSH is rated a 5 out of 5.
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