Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (EDV)
Bonds · Long Treasuries · data since 2008-01-29 · last close 2026-08-18
1d
+0.51%
7d
-1.32%
30d
-5.31%
YTD
-7.11%
1y
-4.01%
Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF (EDV) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.3 | 6.6 | -6.1 | -1.6 | 0.9 | 2.1 | -7.4 | -1.0 | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | -0.1 | 7.8 | -2.5 | -2.9 | -5.0 | 3.8 | -1.7 | -1.2 | 6.0 | 2.2 | -0.4 | -4.4 |
| 2024 | -4.0 | -2.6 | 1.1 | -9.2 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 2.5 | -7.2 | 2.5 | -8.7 |
| 2023 | 10.2 | -6.4 | 6.0 | 0.2 | -4.2 | 1.0 | -4.0 | -4.7 | -11.4 | -8.0 | 14.0 | 12.5 |
| 2022 | -4.7 | -2.5 | -6.4 | -12.6 | -4.0 | -1.4 | 2.4 | -5.2 | -10.2 | -9.1 | 10.1 | -3.0 |
| 2021 | -4.7 | -7.7 | -6.3 | 2.9 | -0.1 | 5.5 | 5.0 | -0.3 | -3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | -2.7 |
| 2020 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 2.4 | -3.2 | 0.5 | 6.3 | -6.7 | 1.1 | -4.5 | 2.4 | -1.8 |
| 2019 | 0.2 | -1.8 | 7.5 | -3.0 | 9.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 15.5 | -3.5 | -2.0 | -0.1 | -4.6 |
| 2018 | -4.3 | -4.3 | 4.1 | -2.8 | 2.3 | 1.4 | -2.2 | 1.6 | -4.1 | -4.6 | 2.2 | 8.1 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 1.9 | -1.0 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 1.3 | -1.3 | 4.9 | -3.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 8.4 | 4.1 | -0.2 | -1.1 | 1.0 | 9.7 | 3.4 | -1.5 | -2.3 | -6.2 | -11.5 | -0.4 |
| 2015 | 14.3 | -9.1 | 1.4 | -5.6 | -3.6 | -6.1 | 7.0 | -0.8 | 2.2 | -0.4 | -1.4 | -0.7 |
| 2014 | 9.7 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.1 | -0.3 | 1.5 | 7.0 | -3.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 2013 | -5.0 | 1.6 | -0.7 | 7.3 | -9.8 | -4.6 | -3.6 | -1.1 | -0.4 | 1.9 | -4.4 | -2.0 |
| 2012 | -1.5 | -3.3 | -6.6 | 6.7 | 14.1 | -2.2 | 5.8 | -2.5 | -4.0 | -0.4 | 1.8 | -3.6 |
| 2011 | -6.2 | 2.7 | -0.1 | 3.1 | 5.7 | -4.3 | 6.0 | 16.4 | 23.8 | -6.7 | 3.5 | 5.4 |
| 2010 | 2.8 | -0.7 | -4.2 | 6.0 | 8.4 | 8.3 | -2.2 | 12.9 | -4.4 | -9.1 | -1.9 | -4.2 |
| 2009 | -21.5 | -1.4 | 5.0 | -12.1 | -5.3 | 2.6 | -0.4 | 4.7 | 3.4 | -6.2 | 0.3 | -8.9 |
| 2008 | 0.1 | -3.5 | 6.4 | -4.9 | -3.8 | 5.5 | -2.9 | 6.0 | 3.5 | -2.1 | 23.1 | 20.9 |
| Avg | 0.3 | -0.5 | 0.4 | -1.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.5 | -0.4 | -3.0 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
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 | +0.3% | -0.5% | +0.4% | -1.2% | +0.8% | +1.4% | +0.8% | +2.6% | -0.4% | -3.0% | +2.8% | +0.5% |
| Win rate | 47%/19 | 42%/19 | 47%/19 | 47%/19 | 53%/19 | 68%/19 | 53%/19 | 50%/18 | 39%/18 | 28%/18 | 67%/18 | 33%/18 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-60%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±6.2%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
48%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+23.76%
2011-09
Worst month
-21.47%
2009-01
Longest streaks
5▲ / 7▼
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 Extended Duration Treasury ETF
Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF, tracked here from its first session onward — every monthly, quarterly and weekly return on record since 2008, with no gaps filled in and nothing smoothed. Since 2008 it has ground out +48% overall — not every story is a rocket.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was September 2011 at +23.76%; its worst, January 2009 at -21.47%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.