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Vanguard Total Bond Market

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Ticker: BND
Expense ratio: 0.10%
One-year total return: 6.9%
Three-year total return: N.A.

What it does: Tracks the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, a proxy for the U.S. bond market

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Last updated June 18 2009: 10:28 AM ET

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Source: Morningstar
N.A.: not available.
Returns through June 15, 2009.

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