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Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF BLV

Historical return decomposition and an investable replication portfolio, using data through 2026-10-09.

Fund and replication metrics

BLV compared with its replication portfolio
MeasureBLVReplication
Annualized growth-5.3%-5.5%
Annualized volatility12.3%12.5%
Sharpe ratio-0.38-0.39
Maximum drawdown35.9%36.5%
Replication fit (R²)1.00 · Tracking error 0.4%

Replication portfolio

The published portfolio below is the investable basket used to model BLV’s historical return behavior.

BLV replication basket weights
TickerBuilding blockWeight
VCLTFI · Long Corp50.9%
SPTLFI · Long Gov49.1%