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3 / 5 Stars
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Lipper
5
5
1
5
2
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Zacks Investment Research
3
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Standard & Poor's
5 / 5 Stars
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TheStreet.com
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U.S. News evaluated 15 Long Government Funds. Our list highlights the top-rated funds for long-term investors based on the ratings of leading fund industry researchers.
Performance
The fund has returned 7.21 percent over the past year, and 12.73 percent over the past three years.
| Trailing Returns | Updated 04.30.2013 |
|---|---|
| Year to date | 1.8% |
| 1 Year | 7.2% |
| 3 Years (Annualized) | 12.7% |
| 5 Years (Annualized) | N/A |
| 10 Years (Annualized) | N/A |
Summary
The investment seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted government bond index with a long-term dollar-weighted average maturity. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays U.S. Long Government Float Adjusted Index. This index includes fixed income securities issued by the U.S. Treasury (not including inflation-protected bonds) and U.S. government agencies and instrumentalities, as well as corporate or dollar-denominated foreign debt guaranteed by the U.S. government, with maturities greater than 10 years. At least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in bonds included in the index.
Fees
Fees are Low compared to funds in the same category.
Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond Fund has an expense ratio of 0.12 percent.
Risk
Risk is Average compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.
