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VWOVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

$59.03-0.47% vs prior close
526152-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Oct 31. 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 Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the index in terms of key characteristics.

Price & daily flows
59.556.954.459.03DAILY 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 +9.8% so far this year. At 0.080% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA has a reported fee of 0.07%.

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

$79.1Bassets under management
0.080%expense ratio · $8 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
6.8Mavg daily volume, 30 days
5846holdings · US-domiciled
2005listed March 4, 2005 · beta 1.13
Sector weights
Financial Services21.6%
Financials21.2%
Information Technology20.41%
Technology20.12%
Consumer Discretionary17.39%
Electronic Technology14.26%
Consumer Cyclical12.08%
Communication Services8.67%
Industrials8.43%
Technology Services8.24%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
China26.47%
India24.09%
Taiwan21.49%
Taiwan (Province of China)19.89%
Taiwan, Province of China15.61%
Brazil4.91%
Saudi Arabia4.58%
Other4.22%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.9%
1 month-2.7%
3 months-0.3%
6 months+12.6%
YTD+9.8%
1 year+8.3%
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
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
18%realized volatility, 1 year
-11.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.9%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
62calls · latest snapshot
21puts · latest snapshot
0.34put/call ratio
9.5Mshares traded
The case against VWO

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VWO 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-5bp on fee · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-5bp on fee · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-4bp on fee · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-4bp on fee · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-4bp on fee · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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