(BIV) Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Fund Review
BIV is Strong Investment for 2011
Facts about BIV :
Number19 of top 20 performing ETF's over the last three years. Number 1 in any bond category.
Low Expense Ratio of .12%. This beats out 87% of other ETF's.
Monthly dividend, yearly cap gains are consistent and enjoyable rewards. For those looking for dividend money to spend or those looking for the stock to continue building off of dividend re-investment, BIV gives you a high dividend reward every month including a long term capital gain dividend of $0.42 per share in December. Adding up all dividends over the course of 2010 comes to $4.40 per share.
Consistent performance regardless of the market fluctuation. Since inception it has a low of $64.75 and a high of $87.61. It usually resides between $75 and $83 per share.
Low risk, high reward: Morningstar gives it 4 stars. Savvystockpicks.com regularly has it as top investment. Performance shows it has always maintained consistent in providing returns.
Grade A yield: The dividend appreciation and distribution is among the best.
Best in class 3yr: Other Intermediate-Term Bond Funds are not even within a percent of performance. Vanguard currently possesses 5 of the top 9 performing bond ETF's in the market with this one being far and wide the best.
Summary and Holdings:
- Seeks to track the investment return of the Barclays Capital U.S. 5-10 Year Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index, a market-weighted bond index that covers investment-grade bonds with a dollar-weighted average maturity of 5 to 10 years.
- Invests in U.S. government high-quality (investment grade) corporate and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds.
- Passively managed, using index sampling.
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