HGVSX - Legg Mason WA Government Securities B
- Issuer: Legg Mason/Western
- Expense Ratio: 1.60%
- ETFdb Category: Mortgage Backed Securities
- Benchmark Index Name: Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index
- Benchmark Index Description: The index measures the performance of investment grade fixed-rate mortgage-backed pass-through securities of GNMA, FNMA, and FHLMC.
ETF Alternatives To This Mutual Fund
In the tables below, ETF Database presents recommended exchange traded fund (ETF) alternatives to the mutual fund HGVSX. These recommendations are powered by ETFdb's Mutual Fund to ETF Converter tool.
How ETF Database has selected ETF alternatives to HGVSX: The mutual fund HGVSX has been benchmarked by Legg Mason/Western against an index, Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index, in its fund prospectus. The ETF alternatives to HGVSX listed below consist of (1) ETFs which track Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index, and (2) ETFs which track other indexes in the same ETFdb Category as Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index.
ETFs Linked To Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index
The following table presents exchange traded funds linked to Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index.
| Ticker | ETF | Issuer | Expense Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBB | Barclays MBS Bond Fund | iShares |
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| MBG | SPDR Barclays Capital Mortgage Backed Bond ETF | State Street |
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| VMBS | Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund | Vanguard |
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Mortgage Backed Securities ETFs
The following table presents exchange traded funds linked to indexes in the same ETFdb Category as Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index.
| Ticker | ETF | Issuer | Expense Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBB | Barclays MBS Bond Fund | iShares |
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| MBG | SPDR Barclays Capital Mortgage Backed Bond ETF | State Street |
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| VMBS | Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund | Vanguard |
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| CMBS | Barclays CMBS Bond Fund | iShares |
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| GNMA | Barclays GNMA Bond Fund | iShares |
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| COBO | USD Covered Bond | ProShares |
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