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Why Retirees Collecting 4.77% From BLV May Be Settling For Less Than Treasury Bills Offer
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Why Retirees Collecting 4.77% From BLV May Be Settling For Less Than Treasury Bills Offer

Yahoo Finance · Jun 18, 2026, 5:04 PM

Key takeaways

  • Treasury bills yield 3.81% with zero duration risk, and buying the 30-year Treasury directly locks in 4.97%, higher than BLV s current distribution.
  • Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF didn t make the cut.
  • Trailing twelve-month payouts add up to roughly $3.28 per share, which on a $69 share price works out to about a 4.77% yield.

Why Retirees Collecting 4.77% From BLV May Be Settling For Less Than Treasury Bills Offer John Seetoo Fri, June 19, 2026 at 12:04 AM GMT+7 4 min read BLV VBLAX VBLIX VBLLX NVDA Quick Read BLV yields 4.77% with 230 consecutive monthly payments, but its extreme duration sensitivity has erased 14% in share price over five years.

Treasury bills yield 3.81% with zero duration risk, and buying the 30-year Treasury directly locks in 4.97%, higher than BLV s current distribution.

Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and Vanguard Long-Term Bond ETF didn t make the cut. Grab the names FREE today.

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