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VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF
Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in VCSH with dividends reinvested grew to $14,462, 2.48% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -8.60%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How VCSH held up in past market crashes
VCSH has been through 3 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 12.9% in the 2020 COVID crash, when the S&P 500 fell 34.1%. It took 3 months from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | VCSH deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -0.8% | -20.2% | Sep 2018 to Dec 2018 | 1 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -12.9% | -34.1% | Mar 2020 to Mar 2020 | 3 months |
| 2022 bear market | -9.0% | -25.4% | Jan 2022 to Oct 2022 | Not yet |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About VCSH
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF is a fixed-income exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide current income by investing primarily in U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds with short maturities. The fund tracks the Bloomberg U.S. 1–5 Year Corporate Bond Index and focuses on high-quality debt issued by industrial, utility, and financial companies.
Fund description from our market-data provider.
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