Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND)
Top ETFs · Bonds · US Aggregate · data since 2007-04-10 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.08%
7d
-0.75%
30d
-1.36%
YTD
-0.43%
1y
+3.12%
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.2 | 1.6 | -1.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -1.2 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.7 | 1.5 | -0.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | -0.3 |
| 2024 | -0.2 | -1.4 | 0.8 | -2.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | -2.5 | 1.1 | -1.7 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | -2.7 | 2.7 | 0.6 | -1.2 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.7 | -2.5 | -1.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| 2022 | -2.1 | -1.1 | -2.8 | -4.0 | 0.8 | -1.7 | 2.4 | -2.8 | -4.2 | -1.2 | 3.7 | -0.8 |
| 2021 | -0.9 | -1.6 | -1.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | -0.2 | -1.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| 2020 | 2.0 | 1.7 | -1.4 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | -0.9 | -0.1 | -0.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | -0.1 | 1.9 | -0.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.8 | -0.6 | 0.3 | -0.0 | -0.1 |
| 2018 | -1.2 | -1.0 | 0.7 | -0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | -0.0 | 0.7 | -0.6 | -0.9 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -0.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | -0.5 | -0.0 | -0.1 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | -0.0 | 2.0 | 0.6 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -0.9 | -2.6 | 0.3 |
| 2015 | 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 | 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 | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | -1.9 | -1.6 | 0.4 | -0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | -0.3 | -0.6 |
| 2012 | 0.6 | 0.0 | -0.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.9 |
| 2011 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 1.5 | 1.2 | -0.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 1.2 |
| 2010 | 1.3 | 0.3 | -0.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.7 | -1.0 |
| 2009 | -2.1 | -0.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | -1.4 |
| 2008 | 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 | · | · | · | 0.3 | -0.8 | -0.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.8 |
| Avg | 0.5 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -0.2 | -0.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +0.5% | -0.1% | +0.1% | +0.2% | +0.3% | +0.2% | +0.8% | +0.5% | -0.2% | -0.3% | +0.8% | +0.3% |
| Win rate | 68%/19 | 58%/19 | 53%/19 | 70%/20 | 65%/20 | 70%/20 | 79%/19 | 63%/19 | 47%/19 | 53%/19 | 63%/19 | 47%/19 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-18.6%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±1.3%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
61%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+5.14%
2008-12
Worst month
-4.18%
2022-09
Longest streaks
9▲ / 6▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2007. Since 2007 it has ground out +77% overall — not every story is a rocket.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was December 2008 at +5.14%; its worst, September 2022 at -4.18%.
- It has closed July in the green 15 out of 19 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.