Fixed income ETFs are already setting a hot pace of asset-gathering this year, a trend getting a big assist from TIPS funds such as the Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares (VTIP). VTIP follows the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0–5 Year Index, meaning that it holds TIPS with maturities of five years and less. “The largest fund in this sector is Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (VTIP).