What is VTIP?

VTIP tracks an index of US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) with less than 5 years remaining to maturity.

PERFORMANCE [as of 03/23/23] 1 MONTH 3 MONTHS YTD 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
VTIP 2.00% 2.20% 2.40% -1.53% 3.88% 2.97% 1.50%
VTIP (NAV) 1.84% 0.06% 2.23% -3.56% 2.38% 2.58% 1.30%
Bloomberg US Treasury TIPS (0-5 Y) 1.86% 2.17% 2.17% -1.53% 3.61% 3.00% 1.56%
ICE BofA 1-3 Year US Inflation-Linked Treasury Index 1.73% 2.04% 2.05% -1.31% 3.68% 2.83% 1.44%
All returns over 1 year are annualized. All returns are total returns unless otherwise stated.

VTIP Factset Analytics Insight

VTIP offers representative exposure to the short-term TIPS market. The fund tracks our benchmark index, which means it provides broad, unbiased exposure to the short-term TIPS market. True to its mandate, 100% of VTIP's assets are allocated to TIPS with less than 5 years to maturity. The fund has almost identical portfolio statistics as our benchmark. Based on its portfolio maturity distributions, VTIP does exactly what it says on the tin. Like all Treasury debts, TIPS are issued by and backed by the full faith and credit of the US government. On top of that, the fund is short-term in nature, so it bears minimal interest rate risk.

VTIP Summary Data

Vanguard
10/12/12
0.04%
$15.30B
Bloomberg US Treasury TIPS (0-5 Y)
ICE BofA 1-3 Year US Inflation-Linked Treasury Index
Open-Ended Fund

Peers

ICE BofA 1-3 Year US Inflation-Linked Treasury Index

Fund Flows

+$0.06B 5 Days
-$0.35B 30 Days
-$2.15B 90 Days

VTIP Portfolio Data

2.16
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4.42%
N/A
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VTIP Index Data

Bloomberg US Treasury TIPS (0-5 Y)
Market Value
Market Value
ICE BofA 1-3 Year US Inflation-Linked Treasury Index

VTIP Portfolio Management

0.04%
-0.05%
0.06%
-0.12%

VTIP Tax Exposures

20.00% / 39.60%
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Ordinary income
No

VTIP Fund Structure

Open-Ended Fund
No
No
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N/A
N/A
Low
Monthly

Factset Analytics Block Liquidity

As of 03/24/23

This measurement shows how easy it is to trade a $1 million USD block of VTIP. VTIP is rated a 5 out of 5.

VTIP Tradability

2,389,316
$112.48M
2,307,154
$108.73M
0.02%
$0.01
0.08%
0.36% / -0.15%
None
100.00%
25,000
92.29
0.00%
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1,682
$47.72
5

VTIP Sector/Industry Breakdown

VTIP Segment
Benchmark
99.90% --
0.10% --

VTIP Top 10 Holdings

6.32%
5.93%
5.62%
5.32%
5.29%
5.28%
4.93%
4.88%
4.82%
4.72%
53.11%

VTIP Performance Statistics

0.92
1.15
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VTIP Top 5 Countries

VTIP Segment
Benchmark
100.00% --

VTIP Top 5 Currencies

VTIP Segment
Benchmark
100.00% --

VTIP Avg Life Maturity Distribution

18.44%
19.23%
21.98%
40.35%
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VTIP OAS Breakdown

100.00%
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VTIP Holdings Statistics

2.42 years
2.16
4.42%
2.34
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0.23%