Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund (BND) is an exchange-traded fund in the Intermediate Core Bond category. It has $397.86B in assets, an expense ratio of 0.03% and a 3.95% dividend yield. This index measures the performance of a wide spectrum of public, investment-grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States-including government, corporate, and international dollar-denominated bonds, as well as mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities-all with maturities of more than 1 year. All of the fund's investments will be selected through the sampling process, and at least 80% of its assets will be invested in bonds held in the index.