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VYMVanguardINDEX

Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund

$155.35+0.10% vs prior close
13716752-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 manager employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which consists of common stocks of companies that pay dividends that generally are higher than average. The adviser attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of the fund's assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

Price & daily flows
162.8160.0157.3155.35DAILY NET FLOWSep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 1

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

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +8.2% so far this year. At 0.060% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

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

$58.1Bassets under management
0.060%expense ratio · $6 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
1.2Mavg daily volume, 30 days
557holdings · US-domiciled
2006listed November 10, 2006 · beta 0.59
The book at a glance
AVGO-2.1%JPM+0.7%XOM+0.7%JNJ-2.3%ABBV-0.6%CSCO+1.0%CVX+1.4%CAT+1.9%MRK-1.0%BAC-1.3%PG-0.9%KO+0.0%UNH-0.5%PM-1.4%HD-0.7%TXN+0.4%RTX-0.3%WFC+0.2%GS-0.4%ORCL+0.6%LIN-1.1%C-1.9%IBM+2.6%MS-0.0%AMGN-3.4%ADI+2.0%VZ+0.2%QCOM-1.1%GILD-1.0%DIS-3.4%PEP-0.9%ETNABT-2.2%MCD+0.4%T-0.4%DELL+0.7%BLK+0.6%UNP+0.1%PFE-1.4%NEE+0.8%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1AVGOBROADCOM6.94%$343.64-2.1%
2JPMJPMORGAN CHASE3.83%$333.18+0.7%
3XOMEXXON MOBIL2.70%$163.82+0.7%
4JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON2.58%$258.66-2.3%
5ABBVABBVIE1.83%$259.93-0.6%
6CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS1.76%$108.76+1.0%
7CVXCHEVRON1.54%$207.10+1.4%
8CATCATERPILLAR1.46%$826.35+1.9%
9MRKMERCK & CO1.47%$143.81-1.0%
10BACBANK OF AMERICA1.65%$53.73-1.3%
11PGPROCTER & GAMBLE1.36%$143.95-0.9%
12KOCOCA COLA1.39%$86.10+0.0%
13UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP1.42%$365.20-0.5%
14PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL1.18%$188.18-1.4%
15HDHOME DEPOT1.32%$282.46-0.7%

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Sector weights
Finance21.76%
Financial Services21.33%
Financials20.66%
Consumer Discretionary19.95%
Consumer Defensive13.18%
Technology12.87%
Information Technology12.77%
Healthcare12.47%
Health Technology11.88%
Electronic Technology11.73%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.1%
Switzerland0.78%
Netherlands0.42%
Other0.3%
Bermuda0.26%
United Kingdom0.24%
Singapore0.12%
Ireland0.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.5%
1 month-4.9%
3 months-1.8%
6 months+6.8%
YTD+8.2%
1 year+10.1%
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
8%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
10%realized volatility, 1 year
-7.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.0%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 6.9% of the book; the top ten carry 26%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 66 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
141calls · latest snapshot
32puts · latest snapshot
0.23put/call ratio
1.7Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
AVGO BROADCOM$92M$104M
DELL DELL TECHNOLOGIES$54M$55M
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP$49M$49M
ACN ACCENTURE$41M$38M
ORCL ORACLE$34M$38M

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

The case against VYM

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VYM 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-3bp on fee · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-3bp on fee · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-2bp on fee · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-2bp on fee · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-2bp on fee · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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