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Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares (VCLT) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Every Closelooknet reading that exists for VCLT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-30
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 81th percentile of the window, -13.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-29
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.66 · down 2.24 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-30
How it trades on rate days beta 0.81 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How VCLT has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.81 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares moved 0.81% on average · correlation 0.92 · higher than 73% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.84 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.22% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.22% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.85%, monthly · last 0.35 USD on 2026-10-01

Dividends and capital return

What VCLT pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 4.13 USD per share · a 5.85% yield on the 2026-10-30 close 12 distributions, paid monthly 2026-10-30
  • Change on the year −1.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 4.18 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.35 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-10-01
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.97 USD (partial) · 2024: 3.89 USD · 2025: 4.18 USD · 2026: 3.11 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-01

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares (VCLT) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-31

Quick answers

What is Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares (VCLT)?

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares is an exchange-traded fund trading as VCLT on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-10-31.

How does Closelooknet use VCLT?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does VCLT trade against its moving averages?

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares trades 0.5% above its 50-day and 2.9% below its 200-day moving average (1.5% above its 20-day). As of 2026-10-30 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares had a beta of 0.81 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 73% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.22% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Does Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares pay a dividend?

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares has paid 4.13 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid monthly, a trailing yield of 5.85% on the 2026-10-30 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.35 USD on 2026-10-01. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

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