BSV vs. BIV

This is a comparison between BSV and BIV. The table below summarizes the key parameters for these two funds across several dimensions: return, expense ratio, net assets, segment and tax-cost ratio.

	BIV	BSV
Segment	Fixed Income: U.S. - Government/Credit Investment Grade Intermediate	Fixed Income: U.S. - Government/Credit Investment Grade Short-Term
Net Assets	$15.11B	$24.58B
Expense Ratio	0.07%	0.07%
Management Style	passive (index-based)	passive (index-based)
Underlying Index	Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 5-10 Year Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index	Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index
YTD Return	-2.29%	-0.36%
1-Year Return	-1.52%	-0.32%
3-Year Return	1.71%	0.74%
5-Year Return	2.55%	1.04%
10-Year Return	4.58%	2.12%
1-Year Tax Cost Ratio	1.15%	0.74%

BSV description

The Fund seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/ Credit Float Adjusted Index.

BSV returns

YTD Return	-0.36%
1-Month Return	0.05%
3-Month Return	0.19%
1-Year Return	-0.32%
3-Year Return	0.74%
5-Year Return	1.04%
10-Year Return	2.12%

BSV expense ratio is 0.07%

BSV holdings

Top 10 Holdings (1.26% of Total Assets)

Name	Symbol	% Assets
US Treasury Note 1.5%	N/A	1.26%

BIV description

The Fund seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with an intermediate-term dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays U.S. 5-10 Year Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index.

BIV returns

YTD Return	-2.29%
1-Month Return	0.02%
3-Month Return	-0.27%
1-Year Return	-1.52%
3-Year Return	1.71%
5-Year Return	2.55%
10-Year Return	4.58%

BIV expense ratio is 0.07%

BIV holdings

Top 10 Holdings (1.75% of Total Assets)

Name	Symbol	% Assets
US Treasury Note 1.75%	N/A	1.75%