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Vanguard Total World Bond ETF (BNDW)

Global Bond-USD Hedged | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
67.41 USD -0.15 (-0.215%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 67.38 -0.03 (-0.025%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:58 a.m. EDT

The Vanguard Total World Bond ETF presents a classic defensive profile with a robust 4.26% yield, which currently outperforms typical inflation targets and offers reliable income for conservative portfolios. However, the underlying asset class is under pressure; the fund has suffered a cumulative decline of nearly 14% over the last six years, reflecting a prolonged era of lower interest rates and rising bond prices globally. While the most recent annual return was slightly negative, the broader trajectory shows four out of six years of losses, indicating that capital appreciation is unlikely in the near term. Technically, the price is trading below its 50-day and 200-day averages, confirming a downtrend, though the recent 14-day price action has been flat, suggesting a bottoming process rather than a crash. The statistical forecast model predicts a slight negative drift over the next 45 days, aligning with the technical weakness. For investors, this is primarily a yield play; do not expect the share price to recover quickly without a shift in global monetary policy.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.005940
MSTL0.006568
AutoETS0.006907
AutoARIMA0.006907

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 79%
H-stat 6.65
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.380
Excess Kurtosis -0.85

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:58 a.m. EDT: Options activity is extremely thin across all expirations, with negligible open interest and volume for both calls and puts. Implied volatility is elevated for near-term protection (August) compared to longer tenors, suggesting a specific, low-cost hedge against immediate downside rather than a broad speculative bet. The lack of significant positioning at strikes above or below the current price indicates a neutral, wait-and-see stance among speculators.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.30% 4.21% 4.12% 3.49%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-03 0.201 0.297734
2026-07-01 0.194 0.284374
2026-06-01 0.197 0.288941
2026-05-01 0.194 0.284666
2026-04-01 0.196 0.287222
2026-03-02 0.177 0.254860
2026-02-02 0.195 0.283636
2025-12-18 0.782 1.136628
2025-12-01 0.187 0.268794
2025-11-03 0.192 0.275190
2025-10-01 0.184 0.264368
2025-09-02 0.194 0.281690
2025-08-01 0.187 0.269958
2025-07-01 0.184 0.265973
2025-06-02 0.188 0.274132
2025-05-01 0.186 0.269722
2025-04-01 0.190 0.276123
2025-03-03 0.172 0.248447
2025-02-03 0.186 0.271890
2024-12-24 0.789 1.157231
2024-12-02 0.176 0.251644
2024-11-01 0.177 0.256745
2024-10-01 0.173 0.244765
2024-09-03 0.180 0.257474
2024-08-01 0.176 0.253858
2024-07-01 0.170 0.251740
2024-06-03 0.172 0.253725
2024-05-01 0.165 0.245645
2024-04-01 0.167 0.245336
2024-03-01 0.156 0.228840
2024-02-01 0.160 0.231649
2023-12-22 1.022 1.478374
2023-12-01 0.157 0.229599
2023-11-01 0.157 0.237987
2023-10-02 0.147 0.223404
2023-09-01 0.150 0.222222
2023-08-01 0.147 0.217134
2023-07-03 0.143 0.210016
2023-06-01 0.140 0.203933
2023-05-01 0.134 0.195535
2023-04-03 0.138 0.199711
2023-03-01 0.119 0.177692
2023-02-01 0.128 0.185239
2022-12-23 0.228 0.337278
2022-12-01 0.122 0.176914
2022-11-01 0.117 0.175702
2022-10-03 0.110 0.163011
2022-09-01 0.109 0.157492
2022-08-01 0.107 0.148220
2022-07-01 0.101 0.143100
2022-06-01 0.100 0.140627
2022-05-02 0.090 0.126636
2022-04-01 0.091 0.123256
2022-03-01 0.084 0.109603
2022-02-01 0.096 0.124773
2021-12-23 1.043 1.326803
2021-12-01 0.085 0.106290
2021-11-01 0.089 0.112091
2021-10-01 0.086 0.107554
2021-09-01 0.091 0.112735
2021-08-02 0.089 0.109606
2021-07-01 0.089 0.111139
2021-06-01 0.089 0.111767
2021-05-03 0.087 0.109228
2021-04-01 0.091 0.114164
2021-03-01 0.091 0.113537
2021-02-01 0.093 0.113999
2020-12-23 0.099 0.120835
2020-12-01 0.096 0.117345
2020-11-02 0.101 0.123684
2020-10-01 0.099 0.121042
2020-09-01 0.102 0.124801
2020-08-03 0.104 0.126398
2020-07-01 0.107 0.131563
2020-06-01 0.110 0.136021
2020-05-01 0.113 0.140059
2020-04-01 0.123 0.155499
2020-03-02 0.111 0.137444
2020-02-03 0.116 0.144946
2019-12-23 1.035 1.317632
2019-12-02 0.118 0.148241
2019-11-01 0.125 0.156191
2019-10-01 0.117 0.145577
2019-09-03 0.138 0.170370
2019-08-01 0.124 0.156093
2019-07-01 0.119 0.151265
2019-06-03 0.124 0.159363
2019-05-01 0.127 0.165818
2019-04-01 0.126 0.164835
2019-03-01 0.116 0.154091
2019-02-01 0.126 0.167175
2018-12-24 0.876 1.175208
2018-12-03 0.125 0.167426
2018-11-01 0.126 0.169560
2018-10-01 0.118 0.158283
Additional Data
dividendDate 2018-12-28
dividendYield 4.26

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 82.58
All Time Low 65.11
Ask 67.81
Ask Size 6
Average Daily Volume10 Day 86,170
Average Daily Volume3 Month 93,414
Average Volume 93,414
Average Volume10Days 86,170
Beta3 Year 0.82
Bid 67.69
Bid Size 3
Category Global Bond-USD Hedged
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 67.5975
Day Low 67.395
Dividend Date 1,545,955,200
Dividend Yield 4.26
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 67.8254
Fifty Day Average Change -0.42040253
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.006198305
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -2.1199346
Fifty Two Week High 70.36
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.9550018
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.04199832
Fifty Two Week Low 67.28
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.125
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.0018579073
Fifty Two Week Range 67.28 - 70.36
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,536,240,600,000
Five Year Average Return -0.0013105001
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Fullday Change -0.145004
Fullday Change Percent -0.214662
Fullday Price 67.38
Fund Family Vanguard
Fund Inception Date 1,536,019,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund is a fund of funds and employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which is a custom, USD-hedged index designed to track the market capitalized weights of the global investment-grade bond market and is comprised of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index and the Bloomberg Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index.
Long Name Vanguard Total World Bond ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_569192629
Nav Price 67.58
Net Assets 1,887,415,550.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.05
Open 67.55
Post Market Change -0.025001526
Post Market Change Percent -0.0370915
Post Market Price 67.38
Post Market Time 1,787,959,806
Previous Close 67.55
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.14500427
Regular Market Change Percent -0.21466212
Regular Market Day High 67.5975
Regular Market Day Low 67.395
Regular Market Day Range 67.395 - 67.5975
Regular Market Open 67.55
Regular Market Previous Close 67.55
Regular Market Price 67.405
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 87,522
Short Name Vanguard Total World Bond ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol BNDW
Three Year Average Return 0.042677797
Total Assets 1,887,415,552
Tradeable 0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -0.32256
Trailing Three Month Returns -0.32256
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 68.54785
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.1428528
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.016672336
Type Disp ETF
Volume 87,522
Yield 0.042600002
Ytd Return -0.16955