Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF
BLV NYSE Arca
The Vanguard Long Term Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Long Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index with diversified exposure to the long-term, investment-grade U.S. bond market
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- Fund size
- 5.24B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.07% per year
- Dividend yield
- 5.05% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 8.3% Above Average
- Beta
- 0.19 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 62.3269.23
How BLV has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, BLV returned +1.0% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +4.5 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±8% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −10.0% on Oct 5, 2026 — 220 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 25% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.19 means BLV has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Downtrend- 12-day average64.64 +1.0%
- 26-day average64.30 +1.5%
- 50-day average64.48 +1.2%
- 200-day average65.70 −0.7%
The price is above 3 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OverboughtRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Aggregate · Long Term — tracking the Bloomberg U.S. Long Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index.
- Assets under management5.24BUSD
- Expense ratio0.07%per year
- Holdings2,340
- Risk score3.7Low
Launched April 2007. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 50 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 3.29
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Oct 1, 2026
Last 12 months
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About Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF
The Vanguard Long Term Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Long Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index with diversified exposure to the long-term, investment-grade U.S. bond market
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 2,340 holdings
- Ticker
- BLV
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US9219377937
- CUSIP
- 921937793
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Aggregate
- Industry
- Long Term
- Benchmark
- Bloomberg U.S. Long Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.