Fund · Vanguard Total World Bond ETF · measured from SEC filings
BNDW holdings
BNDW reports 3 holdings and behaves like 2 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-31Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 100% at a quoted market price (level 1), one issuer country.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31The largest line in BNDW's filing is not a stock but Vanguard Total B, a equity position at 51.05% of net assets. Ten companies are 100% of the fund; the other -7 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, BNDW behaves like 2 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 20.0 times more concentrated than the median. Across 27 quarterly filings BNDW has held roughly steady since 2019-11-30 (2 then, 2 now).
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-11-30 and 2026-05-31, BNDW went from behaving like 2 equally weighted positions to 2 — 0% more, while its top ten went from 100% to 100% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 51.05% |
| 2026-02-28 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 50.61% |
| 2025-11-30 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 51.44% |
| 2025-08-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 51.14% |
| 2025-05-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 50.72% |
| 2025-02-28 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 52.76% |
| 2024-11-30 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 51.63% |
| 2024-08-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 52.11% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-11-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 51.86% |
| 2024-02-29 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 51.25% |
| 2023-11-30 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 51.74% |
| 2023-08-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 50.73% |
| 2023-05-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 50.81% |
| 2023-02-28 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 51.1% |
| 2022-11-30 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 52.54% |
| 2022-08-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 51.82% |
| 2022-05-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 50.74% |
| 2022-02-28 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 51.05% |
| 2021-11-30 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 52.11% |
| 2021-08-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 52.61% |
| 2021-05-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 53.26% |
| 2021-02-28 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 53.39% |
| 2020-11-30 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 52.73% |
| 2020-08-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 52.58% |
| 2020-05-31 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 50.99% |
| 2020-02-29 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 50.5% |
| 2019-11-30 | 3 | 2 | 100% | 51.21% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-05-31The 3 largest of 3 positions in BNDW's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: BNDW.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | 51.05% | 51.0% |
| 2 | Vanguard Total International Bond ETF | 48.95% | 100.0% |
| 3 | Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.00% | 100.0% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-09 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of BNDW's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference — percentage points over 0 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: BNDW.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-313 positions became 3: 0 added (0.0% of the fund at the later date), 0 dropped (0.0% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 0.4%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of BNDW compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 | Largest decreases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | 50.61% | 51.05% | Vanguard Total International Bond ETF | 49.39% | 48.95% |
| Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-31100.00% equity as filed; 100.0% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of BNDW (2). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGGH Simplify Aggregate Bond ETF | 5 | 1.1 | 100% | 2026-06-30 |
| HEGD Swan Hedged Equity US Large Cap ETF | 9 | 1.2 | 100% | 2026-05-31 |
| TUA Simplify Short Term Treasury Futures Strategy ETF | 7 | 1.3 * | 100% | 2026-06-30 |
| CTA Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF | 54 | 1.6 * | 98.12% | 2026-06-30 |
| TMF Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X Shares | 5 | 2 * | 100% | 2026-07-31 |
| TNA Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares | 11 | 2.2 * | 99.16% | 2026-07-31 |
| BLUX Bluemonte Dynamic Total Market ETF | 4 | 2.8 | 100% | 2026-07-31 |
| BUFQ FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF | 5 | 4 | 100% | 2026-05-31 |
| AVNM Avantis All International Markets Equity ETF | 8 | 4 | 100% | 2026-05-31 |
| AVGE Avantis All Equity Markets ETF | 15 | 4.3 | 95.34% | 2026-05-31 |
Essays that examine BNDW
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