These are both investment-grade intermediate-term bond funds that hold both corporate bonds and government/agency bonds/treasuries. They do not hold TIPS.VBILX. - Vanguard Inter-Term Bond Index Admiral
or
VBTLX - Vanguard Total Bond Mkt Index Admiral
VBILX has slightly more corporate bonds, VBTLX has slightly more government bonds.
VBILX is almost entirely intermediate-term bonds. VBTLX includes bonds of short, intermediate, and long durations.
VBTLX has mortgage-backed securities. VBILX does not.
If you would also like to have TIPS, then a fund you could use in combination with either of the above would be:
VTAPX - Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund Admiral
Statistics: Posted by Beensabu — Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:24 pm