VANGUARD MUNICIPAL LOW DURATION FUND

VANGUARD CMT FUNDS

Actively managed U.S. bond fund
$5.65B NAV
359 positions · as of 2026-05-31 · filed 2026-07-29

Fund classification

Classified from what the fund holds · as of 2026 Q2

VANGUARD MUNICIPAL LOW DURATION FUND is an actively managed U.S. bond fund.

Asset class
Bonds
Region
United States
Management
Actively managed
Fund type
Open-end fund
Credit quality
Investment grade
Rate sensitivity
Short duration

Fund profile

As filed in the prospectus · 2026 Q2

Vanguard Municipal Low Duration Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide current income that is exempt from federal personal income taxes, while maintaining liquidity.

Strategy · summarised

The fund actively manages a portfolio of high-quality, short-duration municipal securities whose income is exempt from federal income tax, adjusting its duration target based on the advisor's expectations about interest rates and economic conditions. Because the fund's returns depend on the advisor's interest-rate forecasts and security selections, performance will diverge from any benchmark if those judgments prove incorrect.

Expenses
0.01%one share class
Share classExpense ratio
C0000070790.01%

Portfolio turnover 0.00% · as of 2026 Q2

Allocation

Asset groups · long / short shown separately, never netted · 2026 Q2

100.63%
of net assets
Bonds100.63%

Latest quarter

What changed since the fund's previous filing

2026Q2 vs 2026Q1: 135 new119 exited

Largest new: Board of Regents of the University of Texas System ×2, JPMorgan Chase Putters/Drivers Trust ×2, Colorado Health Facilities Authority, New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority, University of Houston

Largest exited: Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority, JPMorgan Chase Putters/Drivers Trust, Illinois Finance Authority, Orlando Utilities Commission, The Public Building Authority of Sevier County TN, Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Loudoun County Economic Development Authority, New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue

Return profile

Total return as filed — price change plus distributions reinvested · trailing figures to Apr 2026

1-year
+2.53%
3-year
23 of 36 months
5-year
23 of 60 months
Volatility
0.13%
Worst 3-yr fall
Cumulative return· Jun 2024 – Apr 2026

May 2026 has been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so it is not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.

Debt profile

What this fund holds — value-weighted across its bond and securitized long positions · as of 2026-05-31

Avg coupon
2.43%
Avg maturity
17.28 yr
Coupon type

Share of the fund's debt by how its coupon behaves — the fact that decides whether a rate move reaches this portfolio at all.

93%
floating
Floating rate93.0%
Fixed rate7.0%
Maturity ladder

Share of the fund's debt value in each maturity band, shortest first.

<1y10y+
<1y8.4%
1-3y2.5%
3-5y4.9%
5-10y14.3%
10y+69.8%
Flagged holdings
Defaulted: none reported
In arrears: none reported
Paid in kind: none reported

Based on what filers reported; a filer that never reported a flag also reads as none.

Risk profile

Interest-rate and credit-spread sensitivity, both in years · as of 2026Q2

More of this fund’s sensitivity sits in credit spreads than in interest rates — a rate rally that comes with a credit selloff works against it.

Interest-rate duration
0.03 yr
approx. move per 100bp
Credit-spread duration
0.14 yr
approx. move per 100bp
If rates and spreads both rise 100bp

Where the loss would come from. The two shocks are the same size, so this is the balance of the fund's two sensitivities rather than a bet on one moving more.

≈ 0%
of value
Credit spreads81%
Interest rates19%

Filers report the impact of a 0.01% move only, so the total is our own scaling of that one number and overstates the loss on most bonds — read it as approximate, never as precise. The two sensitivities overlap rather than add up: they measure the same positions against different shocks, which is why the durations above are shown side by side and never summed.

Credit risk by quality

Share of the fund's spread duration carried by each credit tier.

+0.14
yrs total
Investment grade+0.14 yr
Where the risk sits on the curve

Share of duration at each point, shortest first. This filer signs its rate and credit disclosures differently; the direction shown follows its interest-rate filing, and a negative reading is the least-supported figure here.

Interest rate0.03 yr total
3 mo5 yr
3 mo0.02 yr63%
1 yr0.01 yr35%
5 yr0.00 yr1%

10 yr and 30 yr are NEGATIVE (-0.00 yr, -0.00 yr) — a deliberate hedge at that point on the curve, so they are not part of the band above.

Credit spread0.14 yr total
3 mo30 yr
3 mo0.04 yr29%
1 yr0.03 yr22%
5 yr0.01 yr10%
10 yr0.01 yr11%
30 yr0.04 yr28%

The two bands measure the same positions against different shocks and do not add — a Treasury carries rate duration and no spread duration, a floating-rate credit the reverse. Rate tenors are also summed across every currency the fund discloses.

Show the numbers
TenorRate yrsIG yrsHY yrsIG $/bpHY $/bp
3 mo+0.02+0.04+0.00$22.7k$0
1 yr+0.01+0.03+0.00$16.8k$0
5 yr+0.00+0.01+0.00$8.0k$0
10 yr-0.00+0.01+0.00$8.4k$0
30 yr-0.00+0.04+0.00$21.8k$0

Dollar change per 1bp of spread movement, as filed and sign-anchored. A blank cell was not filed; a zero was.

Holdings

By % of NAV · equity positions carry filed share counts · every resolvable issuer links to its company page

Issuer%NAVValue
Gulf Coast Industrial Development Authority2.85% floating · due 2041-11-011.74%$98.47M
JPMorgan Chase Putters/Drivers Trust2.35% floating · due 2031-12-151.74%$98.25M
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System1.45% floating · due 2056-08-011.71%$96.50M
Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund1.64% floating · due 2040-12-011.64%$92.50M
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System1.45% floating · due 2056-08-011.50%$85.00M
City of New York NY3.45% floating · due 2044-03-011.47%$83.03M
JPMorgan Chase Putters/Drivers Trust2.75% floating · due 2033-02-101.44%$81.15M
County of King WA Sewer Revenue2.85% floating · due 2065-01-011.34%$75.85M
East Baton Rouge Parish Industrial Development Board Inc3.45% floating · due 2035-08-011.26%$71.43M
JPMorgan Chase Putters/Drivers Trust2.35% floating · due 2047-05-011.21%$68.61M
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Top 10 positions are 15.05% of net assets, top 25 29.56%, across 128 issuers.

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