Corporate and Government US Total Bond Market Index Mutual Funds

Table of the Lowest Cost Total Bond Market Funds

This piece offers a list of very inexpensive index total bond market mutual funds. Scan the chart in this summary for the most economical fixed income mutual fund investments on the US market. The list of the lowest charge index funds in the aggregate corporate and government bond market tends to be consistent from year-to-year. Individual investors in very low cost index mutual funds investments are devoted to the small list of mutual fund firms which provide the lowest charge index funds.

Investors in the lowest fee index mutual funds investments have figured out that lowest fee tends to lead to enhanced returns as the years go by. While total bond market index mutual fund investments are unlikely to have superior portfolio returns before investment taxes and costs, it is the net return after fees and taxes that counts. Index investment company funds pursue the average aggregate corporate and government bond market market return, and they are not managed to better the market return.

Nevertheless, the low charges of aggregate fixed income market index funds allow shareholders to keep more of the market’s investment performance — instead of having to share the market return with the securities industry by paying higher investing charges. Over time, shareholders in index funds tend to outdo investors who pay unneeded charges to the financial services industry.

Lowest Cost Total Market Bond Index Funds

Fund Name — Expense Ratio — Ticker Symbol

• Fidelity US Bond Index Fund — 0.025% expense ratio — FXNAX
• Schwab US Aggregate Bond Index Fund — 0.04% expense ratio — SWAGX
• Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Admiral — 0.05% expense ratio — VBTLX
• Vanguard Core Bond Admiral — 0.10% expense ratio — VCOBX
• Northern Bond Index Fund — 0.15% expense ratio — NOBOX
• Vanguard Core Bond Investor — 0.25% expense ratio — VCORX
• T Rowe Price US Bond Enhanced Index Fund — 0.30% expense ratio — PBDIX
  • Source: low cost index investment funds
  • Take a look at the investment company prospectus brochure to have knowledge of restrictions and payments, including acquisition, redemption, and brokerage fees that could be added. Low cost index funds sometimes are closed for additional investor’s money.

The chart’s first listed low portfolio expense aggregate corporate and government bond market index investment is the Fidelity US Bond Index Fund, which trades with the FXNAX ticker trading symbol. The Fidelity US Bond Index Fund prospectus posts the lowest charge management expenses percentage in this total fixed income market category.

The subsequently listed lowest management cost total fixed income market index fund is the Schwab US Aggregate Bond Index Fund that carries the SWAGX ticker trading symbol. The Schwab US Aggregate Bond Index Fund lists the low expense portfolio management expense ratio in this aggregate corporate and government bond market funds classification.

The figure’s next included lowest management expense aggregate bond market index fund is the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Admiral that is traded with the VBTLX ticker symbol. The Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Admiral lists the low expense management expense ratio in this aggregate corporate and government fixed income asset class.

The next listed lowest fee aggregate bond market index mutual fund investment is the Vanguard Core Bond Admiral, which is purchased and sold with the VCOBX trading ticker symbol. The Vanguard Core Bond Admiral includes the low fee management expense ratio in this total fixed income market index asset class category.

The next included low management cost aggregate bond market index fund is the Vanguard Core Bond Investor that trades with the VCORX ticker trading symbol. The Vanguard Core Bond Investor prospectus has the low expense portfolio management expense ratio in this corporate and government fixed income index investments asset class.

The next listed lowest portfolio fee total bond market index mutual funds investment is the Vanguard Core Bond Investor that is traded with the VCORX ticker symbol. The Vanguard Core Bond Investor posts the low cost portfolio management expense ratio in this corporate and government bond market classification.

The following low portfolio expense aggregate corporate and government bond market index fund is the T Rowe Price US Bond Enhanced Index Fund that trades with the PBDIX ticker symbol. The T Rowe Price US Bond Enhanced Index Fund prospectus provides the lowest cost management expense percentage in this broad corporate and government fixed income market investment funds classification.