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VBKVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Small Cap Growth Index Fund

$359.88+0.41% today
28236652-WK

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Growth Index, a broadly diversified index of growth stocks of small U.S. companies. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its 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
348.0323.9299.7359.88DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

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

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +17.2% so far this year. At 0.070% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV runs the same ground at 0.03%.

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

$17.7Bassets under management
0.070%expense ratio · $7 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
188Kavg daily volume, 30 days
624holdings · US-domiciled
2004listed January 25, 2004 · beta 1.36
The book at a glance
RVMD+1.9%NTRA-0.2%CRDO-13.3%P+0.1%TWLO+1.6%CASY-1.6%FTI-1.9%ATI-2.3%NVT-7.0%CW-0.2%CRS-1.9%OKTA+0.4%ALAB-5.3%ENTG-7.7%SOFI-3.4%XPO-3.9%WWD-1.0%FWONK+0.1%FTAI-7.0%INCY-0.0%ROKU-0.4%GH-1.0%MTSI-10.6%RGLD-2.2%AFRM-1.4%ROIV+3.1%U+2.7%EME-4.7%MTZ-7.3%RBC-2.0%FN-19.6%CDE-4.2%TOST+1.8%LSCC-7.2%PTC+0.3%NTNX+0.5%STRL-7.9%NDSN-1.8%RBA+4.3%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1RVMDREVOLUTION MEDICINES1.13%$216.22+1.9%
2NTRANATERA1.09%$313.27-0.2%
3CRDOCREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING1.02%$245.80-13.3%
4PEverpure0.73%$117.46+0.1%
5TWLOTWILIO0.89%$232.28+1.6%
6CASYCASEYS GENERAL STORES0.96%$855.06-1.6%
7FTITECHNIPFMC0.85%$78.28-1.9%
8ATIATI0.76%$226.50-2.3%
9NVTNVENT ELECTRIC0.74%$164.69-7.0%
10CWCURTISS WRIGHT0.80%$693.77-0.2%
11CRSCARPENTER TECHNOLOGY0.73%$531.70-1.9%
12OKTAOKTA0.71%$143.87+0.4%
13ALABASTERA LABS INC0.72%$303.69-5.3%
14ENTGENTEGRIS0.54%$150.43-7.7%
15SOFISOFI TECHNOLOGIES0.62%$17.66-3.4%

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Sector weights
Information Technology25.83%
Technology25.46%
Industrials18.81%
Technology Services18.38%
Consumer Discretionary17.53%
Healthcare16.57%
Consumer Cyclical13.61%
Health Technology13.21%
Finance11.05%
Electronic Technology10.97%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.12%
Canada0.58%
United Kingdom0.42%
Cayman Islands0.29%
Switzerland0.19%
Israel0.14%
Bermuda0.13%
Taiwan0.09%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.0%
1 month+4.4%
3 months+7.6%
6 months+14.2%
YTD+17.2%
1 year
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
21%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
20%realized volatility, 1 year
-11.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.1% of the book; the top ten carry 9%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 190 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
7calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
144Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
ALAB ASTERA LABS INC$19M$19M
CRDO CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING$15M$21M
ASTS AST SPACEMOBILE$11M$14M
WULF TERAWULF$11M$13M
ROKU ROKU$12M$11M

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

The case against VBK

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-4bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-2bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-3bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-3bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-4bp on fee · 51× the assetsHead-to-head
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