VCSH

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund

Sector: financial servicesAsset Management - BondsNASDAQMarket Cap: $47.85B

VCSH is a passively managed short-term corporate bond ETF with no direct political exposure, as evidenced by $0 in federal contracts, $0 in lobbying, and zero trades by corporate insiders or congressional members.

Govt Dependence

0/100

Regulatory Density

85/100

Lobbying Intensity

0/100

Political Signal

NEUTRAL

BusinessWhat VCSH does

The Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund (VCSH) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 1–5 Year Corporate Bond Index. It provides exposure to investment-grade U.S. corporate bonds with short-term maturities. Its revenue is derived from the management fees on its assets under management.

12 months past · 3 months futureVCSH activity timeline

Congress

buy sell

Insider · Form 4

open-market buy

Hedge fund · 13F

opened + added − trimmed closed holds

Bills

past action (this ticker) upcoming markup (sector) ★ carveout (this ticker)

240 trading days · 0 congressional trades shown · 0 insider buys · 10 13F filings · 0 past bill actions · 5 upcoming markups

Lifetime Government AwardsVCSH federal contracts

VCSH doesn't hold direct federal contracts.

Verified via USASpending.gov: $0 reported in direct prime-contract awards. Companies in this position typically sell federal services indirectly through prime contractors and integrators (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen, Microsoft Azure) or through commercial channels that don't appear in USASpending data.

Smart Money · 13F HoldingsHedge funds holding VCSH

$6.15B

Total VCSH held by tracked 13F funds

Funds with VCSH positions

+40

Funds opened this quarter

D.E. Shaw & Co. $864M opened 2025-09-30

D.E. Shaw & Co. $668M opened 2024-09-30

D.E. Shaw & Co. $499M opened 2025-09-30

D.E. Shaw & Co. $369M opened 2025-06-30

D.E. Shaw & Co. $359M opened 2024-12-31

D.E. Shaw & Co. $351M opened 2025-03-31

D.E. Shaw & Co. $337M opened 2024-12-31

D.E. Shaw & Co. $319M opened 2025-06-30

32 more 13F positions tracked · quarterly delta charts available in member dashboard

Congressional TradesWho in Congress is trading VCSH

2022-07-14 David P. Joyce R-Ohio · house Purchase $15,001 - $50,000 754d late

2022-07-14 David P. Joyce R-Ohio · house purchase $15,001 - $50,000 754d late

2022-05-17 David P. Joyce R-Ohio · house sale $1,001 - $15,000

2022-05-17 David P. Joyce R-Ohio · house Sale $1,001 - $15,000

2019-03-22 David P. Joyce R-Ohio · house purchase $15,001 - $50,000 496d late

2019-03-22 David P. Joyce R-Ohio · house Purchase $15,001 - $50,000 496d late

2018-12-11 David P. Joyce R-Ohio · house purchase $15,001 - $50,000 148d late

2018-12-11 David P. Joyce R-Ohio · house Purchase $100,001 - $250,000 148d late

2018-12-11 David P. Joyce R-Ohio · house Purchase $15,001 - $50,000 148d late

2018-12-11 David P. Joyce R-Ohio · house purchase $100,001 - $250,000 148d late

2018-10-19 (unknown) Purchase $1,001 - $15,000 48d late

2018-10-19 (unknown) purchase $15,001 - $50,000 48d late

24+ trades on file · most recent 2024-08-06

Corporate Insiders · Form 4What CEOs, CFOs, and directors are doing with their own stock

No Form 4 activity recorded in the last 180 days.

Political ProfileWhere VCSH sits in Washington

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STRUCTURAL: No committee jurisdiction, lobbying alignment, or donor contributions identified (`get_political_influence.flags` all false). EVIDENTIARY: Zero corporate insider purchases (`get_corporate_insider_signal.total_buys: 0`), zero congressional trades (`Top congressional traders` empty), and no federal contracts (`get_government_precedent.federal_contracts_summary: null`). Net: No discernible political signal.

Regulatory ExposureThreats & opportunities

Regulatory threats

Heightened SEC oversight of bond market liquidity and ETF structure.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

"Inferred from `primary_industry` and high `regulatory_density_score`; no specific bill impacts in `Recent bill_impacts`."

Regulatory opportunities

Potential for regulatory easing on bond fund reporting requirements.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

"Inferred from `primary_industry`; no specific carveouts in `Recent bill_carveouts`."

Member intelligence layer

Live signals + predictions for VCSH — for Founders

The free page above gives you the public record. Members see the real-time intelligence layer on top of it:

Live 7-layer signal scores when Congress trades VCSH
Bill Pass Index v2 odds for every bill on the watch list
Iron Triangle alerts (committee × donor × trade)
SEC Form 4 cluster detection (CEO + CFO + director buys)
Whale-Opportunity expected-value ranking
Custom watchlist alerts via email + Discord

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Frequently AskedAbout VCSH & political exposure

Does Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund (VCSH) hold federal contracts?

No direct prime contracts reported in USASpending.gov for Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund. Companies in the semiconductor and AI hardware sectors often sell to the federal government via prime contractors and cloud resellers (Microsoft Azure, AWS, Lockheed Martin systems integration) rather than as direct primes.

Has Congress traded VCSH stock?

24 congressional trades by 3 unique members of Congress, most recently on 2022-07-14. See the Congressional Trading panel for politician-by-politician breakdown.

What is VCSH political risk profile?

Government dependence: 0/100. Lobbying intensity: 0/100. Political signal: neutral. Donor party split: R 0% / D 0%.

How does GovGreed track VCSH political activity?

GovGreed integrates STOCK Act congressional trade disclosures, FEC contributions, OGE executive-branch disclosures, USASpending federal contracts, Senate LDA lobbying filings, and SEC Form 4 corporate insider trades into a single queryable graph. VCSH data is updated daily from these official federal sources.