Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND): Historical Returns

Last Update: 28 Feb 2021

Category: Fixed Income

ETF: Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND)

In the last 10 years, the Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND) ETF obtained a 3.44% compound annual return, with a 3.28% standard deviation.

In 2020, the portfolio granted a 2.53% dividend yield. If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND): Dividend Yield page.

The ETF is related to the following investment themes:

Asset Class: Bond
Region: North America
Country: U.S.
Bond - Duration: All-Term

The Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND) ETF is present in the following Lazy Portfolios:

Portfolio Name	Author	ETF Weight
Five Asset	Roger Gibson	14.0%
Robo Advisor 80	Betterment	6.8%
Robo Advisor 90	Betterment	3.5%
Ivy Portfolio	Mebane Faber	20.0%
Stocks/Bonds 60/40		40.0%
Stocks/Bonds 40/60		60.0%
Core Four	Rick Ferri	20.0%
Coffee House	Bill Schultheis	40.0%
Three Funds	Bogleheads	20.0%
Four Funds	Bogleheads	10.0%
Lifepath Fund	iShares	50.8%
Simple Path to Wealth	JL Collins	25.0%
Second Grader's Starter	Paul Farrell	10.0%
Talmud Portfolio	Roger Gibson	33.3%
Conservative Income	Charles Schwab	40.0%
Robo Advisor 10	Betterment	3.8%
Robo Advisor 20	Betterment	7.6%
Robo Advisor 50	Betterment	14.7%
Gone Fishin' Portfolio	Alexander Green	10.0%
Stocks/Bonds 80/20		20.0%
Stocks/Bonds 20/80		80.0%
Total Bond US		100.0%

Capital Growth and Historical Returns

Capital growth, returns, stats are calculated assuming a reinvestment of dividends.

If you are interested in getting periodic income, please refer to the Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND): Dividend Yield page.

Capital Growth:

ETF Returns, up to December 2007, are simulated. They have been calculated using the historical series of equivalent ETFs / Assets.

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Period	Returns Feb 2021	Standard Deviation *	Max Drawdown	Months Pos - Neg
1M	-1.55%		-1.55% Feb 2021 - Feb 2021	0 - 1
3M	-2.25%		-2.40% Jan 2021 - Feb 2021	1 - 2
6M	-1.71%		-2.40% Jan 2021 - Feb 2021	2 - 4
YTD	-2.40%		-2.40% Jan 2021 - Feb 2021	0 - 2
1Y	+1.40%	4.28%	-2.64% Aug 2020 - Feb 2021	6 - 6
3Y	+5.35% annualized	3.80%	-2.64% Aug 2020 - Feb 2021	20 - 16
5Y	+3.52% annualized	3.57%	-3.68% Aug 2016 - Nov 2016	34 - 26
10Y	+3.44% annualized	3.28%	-4.01% May 2013 - Aug 2013	72 - 48
MAX 01 Jan 1987	+5.80% annualized	3.92%	-5.86% Mar 1987 - Sep 1987	278 - 132

* Annualized St.Dev. of monthly returns

Drawdowns

Drawdonws Chart:

Worst drawdowns since February 2011.

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	Drawdown period			Recovery period		Total
Drawdown	Start	Bottom	#Months	End	#Months	#Months
-4.01%	May 2013	Aug 2013	4	May 2014	9	13
-3.68%	Aug 2016	Nov 2016	4	Aug 2017	9	13
-2.67%	Feb 2015	Jun 2015	5	Feb 2016	8	13
-2.65%	Sep 2017	Oct 2018	14	Jan 2019	3	17
-2.64%	Aug 2020	Feb 2021	7	in progress	0	7
-1.56%	Dec 2012	Jan 2013	2	Apr 2013	3	5
-1.43%	Mar 2020	Mar 2020	1	Apr 2020	1	2
-0.57%	Sep 2014	Sep 2014	1	Oct 2014	1	2
-0.57%	Sep 2019	Sep 2019	1	Jan 2020	4	5
-0.51%	Mar 2012	Mar 2012	1	Apr 2012	1	2
-0.38%	Jun 2011	Jun 2011	1	Jul 2011	1	2
-0.28%	Jul 2014	Jul 2014	1	Aug 2014	1	2
-0.15%	Mar 2011	Mar 2011	1	Apr 2011	1	2
-0.10%	Oct 2012	Oct 2012	1	Nov 2012	1	2
-0.09%	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	1	Mar 2019	1	2
-0.06%	Nov 2011	Nov 2011	1	Dec 2011	1	2
-0.02%	Apr 2019	Apr 2019	1	May 2019	1	2
-0.01%	May 2016	May 2016	1	Jun 2016	1	2

Worst drawdowns since December 1986.

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	Drawdown period			Recovery period		Total
Drawdown	Start	Bottom	#Months	End	#Months	#Months
-5.86%	Mar 1987	Sep 1987	7	Jan 1988	4	11
-5.01%	Feb 1994	Jun 1994	5	Mar 1995	9	14
-4.01%	May 2013	Aug 2013	4	May 2014	9	13
-3.88%	Apr 2008	Oct 2008	7	Dec 2008	2	9
-3.68%	Aug 2016	Nov 2016	4	Aug 2017	9	13
-3.47%	Jun 2003	Jul 2003	2	Jan 2004	6	8
-3.16%	Feb 1996	May 1996	4	Oct 1996	5	9
-3.03%	Apr 2004	May 2004	2	Aug 2004	3	5
-2.67%	Feb 2015	Jun 2015	5	Feb 2016	8	13
-2.66%	Jan 2009	Feb 2009	2	Jun 2009	4	6
-2.65%	Feb 1999	Aug 1999	7	Mar 2000	7	14
-2.65%	Mar 1988	May 1988	3	Sep 1988	4	7
-2.65%	Sep 2017	Oct 2018	14	Jan 2019	3	17
-2.64%	Aug 2020	Feb 2021	7	in progress	0	7
-1.97%	Jan 1990	Apr 1990	4	May 1990	1	5
-1.91%	Nov 2001	Dec 2001	2	May 2002	5	7
-1.90%	Sep 2005	Oct 2005	2	Aug 2006	10	12
-1.69%	Nov 2010	Dec 2010	2	May 2011	5	7
-1.60%	Aug 1989	Aug 1989	1	Oct 1989	2	3
-1.56%	Dec 2012	Jan 2013	2	Apr 2013	3	5

Rolling Returns ( more details)

Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND) ETF: annualized rolling and average returns

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	*Return ()**			Negative Periods
Rolling Period	Average	Best	Worst	Negative Periods
1 Year	+6.11%	+18.18% Jan 1995 - Dec 1995	-3.73% Nov 1993 - Oct 1994	9.52%
2 Years	+6.04%	+13.88% Oct 1990 - Sep 1992	-0.88% Aug 2016 - Jul 2018	1.29%
3 Years	+5.95%	+12.82% May 1990 - Apr 1993	+0.94% May 2015 - Apr 2018	0.00%
5 Years	+5.91%	+11.58% Oct 1987 - Sep 1992	+1.35% May 2013 - Apr 2018	0.00%
7 Years	+5.84%	+9.80% Jan 1989 - Dec 1995	+1.69% Nov 2011 - Oct 2018	0.00%
10 Years	+5.88%	+9.20% Oct 1987 - Sep 1997	+3.08% Jan 2009 - Dec 2018	0.00%
15 Years	+5.83%	+8.59% Oct 1987 - Sep 2002	+3.57% Jun 2003 - May 2018	0.00%

* Annualized rolling and average returns over full calendar month periods

If you need a deeper detail about rolling returns, please refer to the Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND) ETF: Rolling Returns page.

Seasonality and Yearly/Monthly Returns

Vanguard Total Bond Market (BND) ETF Seasonality

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	Months
Return (%)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.7
Best	3.1 1988	2.2 1995	1.9 2019	2.8 2020	4.0 1995	2.9 1989	2.8 1997	2.8 2019	2.7 2003	3.5 1987	3.9 2008	5.1 2008
Worst	-2.1 2009	-1.8 1994	-2.3 1994	-3.2 1987	-1.9 2013	-1.7 2013	-3.3 2003	-1.6 1989	-2.3 1987	-3.0 2008	-2.6 2016	-1.5 2009
Gain Frequency	74	69	53	62	65	74	76	71	74	65	62	71

Detail of Monthly Returns

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		Months
Year	Return	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2021	-2.40%	-0.9	-1.6
2020	+7.71%	2.0	1.7	-1.4	2.8	0.7	0.7	1.5	-0.9	-0.1	-0.6	1.2	0.2
2019	+8.83%	1.1	-0.1	1.9	0.0	1.8	1.3	0.2	2.8	-0.6	0.3	0.0	-0.1
2018	-0.12%	-1.2	-1.0	0.7	-0.9	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	-0.6	-0.9	0.6	1.9
2017	+3.57%	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.4	0.9	-0.5	0.0	-0.1	0.5
2016	+2.52%	1.2	0.9	0.9	0.4	0.0	2.0	0.6	-0.3	0.1	-0.9	-2.6	0.3
2015	+0.56%	2.4	-1.3	0.6	-0.3	-0.5	-1.1	0.9	-0.3	0.8	0.0	-0.4	-0.2
2014	+5.82%	1.6	0.5	-0.2	0.8	1.1	0.1	-0.3	1.1	-0.6	0.7	0.8	0.1
2013	-2.10%	-0.7	0.5	0.1	1.0	-1.9	-1.7	0.4	-0.9	1.1	0.9	-0.3	-0.6
2012	+3.16%	0.6	0.0	-0.5	1.1	0.9	0.1	1.2	0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.3	-0.9
2011	+7.92%	0.1	0.3	-0.2	1.5	1.2	-0.4	1.6	1.7	0.7	0.1	-0.1	1.2
2010	+6.20%	1.3	0.3	-0.2	1.1	1.1	1.5	0.9	1.6	0.0	0.3	-0.7	-1.0
2009	+3.64%	-2.1	-0.6	1.1	0.5	0.7	0.6	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	-1.5
2008	+6.86%	1.3	0.1	0.4	-0.3	-1.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	-0.5	-3.0	3.9	5.1
2007	+6.92%	-0.1	1.5	0.0	0.5	-0.8	-0.4	0.8	1.3	0.7	0.9	1.9	0.2
2006	+4.27%	-0.1	0.4	-1.0	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	1.4	1.6	0.8	0.7	1.1	-0.5
2005	+2.40%	0.7	-0.6	-0.5	1.4	1.1	0.6	-1.0	1.4	-1.1	-0.8	0.5	1.0
2004	+4.24%	0.9	1.0	0.8	-2.6	-0.4	0.6	1.0	1.9	0.2	0.9	-0.8	0.9
2003	+3.97%	0.1	1.4	-0.1	0.9	1.8	-0.1	-3.3	0.6	2.7	-1.0	0.3	0.9
2002	+8.26%	0.7	0.9	-1.5	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.7	1.5	-0.6	0.0	2.1
2001	+8.43%	1.8	0.9	0.5	-0.5	0.7	0.5	2.2	1.1	0.9	1.9	-1.3	-0.6
2000	+11.39%	-0.2	1.2	1.4	-0.5	-0.2	2.2	0.9	1.4	0.8	0.6	1.6	1.8
1999	-0.76%	0.8	-1.8	0.6	0.4	-0.8	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	1.3	0.3	0.0	-0.5
1998	+8.58%	1.3	-0.1	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.0	-0.6	0.5	0.4
1997	+9.44%	0.3	0.1	-1.0	1.5	0.9	1.2	2.8	-0.9	1.5	1.5	0.3	1.0
1996	+3.58%	0.6	-1.8	-0.8	-0.5	-0.2	1.3	0.3	-0.2	1.7	2.2	1.8	-0.9
1995	+18.18%	1.9	2.2	0.7	1.3	4.0	0.7	-0.3	1.2	1.0	1.5	1.4	1.4
1994	-2.66%	1.4	-1.8	-2.3	-0.8	0.0	-0.2	1.8	0.1	-1.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.8
1993	+9.68%	1.8	2.0	0.4	0.7	0.1	1.8	0.6	1.7	0.4	0.3	-1.0	0.5
1992	+7.14%	-1.4	0.6	-0.5	0.7	1.8	1.3	1.9	1.0	1.3	-1.2	0.0	1.5
1991	+15.25%	1.1	0.8	0.7	1.0	0.7	-0.1	1.3	2.1	2.0	1.0	0.7	3.0
1990	+8.65%	-1.9	0.8	0.1	-0.9	2.9	1.6	1.3	-1.2	0.7	1.5	2.2	1.5
1989	+13.64%	0.9	-0.6	0.3	2.0	2.5	2.9	2.2	-1.6	0.5	2.5	0.8	0.7
1988	+7.35%	3.1	1.2	-1.2	-0.6	-1.0	2.7	-0.5	0.2	2.2	1.5	-0.9	0.5
1987	+1.54%	1.3	0.5	-0.6	-3.2	-0.4	1.4	-0.1	-0.8	-2.3	3.5	0.7	1.6

ETF Returns, up to December 2007, are simulated. They have been calculated using the historical series of equivalent ETFs / Assets.