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VSSVanguardINDEX

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small Capital Index Fund

$154.10-0.74% vs prior close
13716352-WK

Price through Sep 30 · Flows through Oct 30. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Global Small Cap ex US Index. The advisor attempts to sample the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in common stocks in the index and by holding a representative sample of securities that resembles the full index in terms of key risk factors and other characteristics.

Price & daily flows
157.1149.8142.5154.10DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +7.5% so far this year. At 0.070% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$8.8Bassets under management
0.070%expense ratio · $7 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
251Kavg daily volume, 30 days
4740holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed April 1, 2009 · beta 1.03
The book at a glance
RSG-1.4%NIC+0.4%HEALCAT+1.9%PRU-0.4%HAS+2.6%AIRDANA+0.1%SAPECL-1.2%NEU+2.6%SPGIEXCNI-1.5%EMR+2.2%ABGVEA-0.6%DGT-0.2%AMP+0.5%KRE+0.7%TKO-2.0%TINSELV-1.8%SMUBTO-0.2%BME-1.2%BBY-0.6%ALK+2.0%SON-0.7%PAG+1.2%HLI+1.6%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1RSGREPUBLIC SERVICES0.05%$206.98-1.4%
2NICNICOLET BANKSHARES0.04%$163.62+0.4%
3HEALGlobal X Funds Global X Telemedicine & Digital Health ETF0.01%$28.96-1.9%
4CATCATERPILLAR0.02%$826.35+1.9%
5HCCWARRIOR MET COAL0.01%$89.08+1.1%
6PLUSEPLUS0.01%$92.89+3.2%
7PRNINVESCO DWA INDUSTRIALS MOMENTUM ETF0.03%$200.58+1.4%
8THGHANOVER INSURANCE GROUP0.01%$216.94+1.3%
9PRUPRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL0.12%$113.13-0.4%
10HASHASBRO0.02%$89.98+2.6%
11AIRAAR0.01%$99.90-1.5%
12DANADANA LIMITED VOLATILITY ETF0.03%$24.94+0.1%
13SAPSAP SE0.01%$210.79+1.1%
14ECLECOLAB0.02%$271.26-1.2%
15NEUNEWMARKET0.03%$921.14+2.6%

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Sector weights
Industrials21.96%
Finance18.66%
Consumer Discretionary15.71%
Information Technology13.61%
Technology13.07%
Financial Services11.62%
Consumer Cyclical11.41%
Financials11.3%
Materials11.02%
Basic Materials10.92%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Canada14.53%
Japan13.31%
Taiwan8.66%
United Kingdom8.57%
India8.28%
Taiwan, Province of China8.17%
Taiwan (Province of China)7.69%
China4.78%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.1%
1 month-2.8%
3 months-0.0%
6 months+8.9%
YTD+7.5%
1 year+7.7%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JulSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
17%realized volatility, 1 year
-11.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.3%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 0.3% of the book; the top ten carry 2%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 137 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
204Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
CAT CATERPILLAR$14M$15M
DIA SPDR DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE ETF TRUST$12M$14M
KRE SPDR(R) S&P REGIONAL BANKING(SM) ETF$5M$7M
WBD WARNER BROS DISCOVERY$3M$3M
CCL CARNIVAL$3M$1M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against VSS

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VSS on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-4bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-4bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-2bp on fee · 14× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-3bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-3bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
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