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VCRVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Fund

$398.74+1.92% today
34841352-WK

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index/Consumer Discretionary 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the consumer discretionary sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
398.7380.2361.7398.74DAILY 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 +1.8% so far this year. At 0.10% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SCHD runs the same ground at 0.06%.

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

$5.6Bassets under management
0.10%expense ratio · $10 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
53Kavg daily volume, 30 days
303holdings · US-domiciled
2004listed January 25, 2004 · beta 1.19
The book at a glance
AMZN-0.8%TSLA-0.7%HD-0.1%MCD+0.6%BKNG+1.7%TJX+0.2%SBUX-1.8%LOW-0.0%DASH+1.7%MAR+0.2%MELI-0.4%ABNB+2.5%GM-0.9%RCL-0.5%ROST+0.5%ORLY+0.6%HLT+0.5%F-0.6%AZO+2.3%GRMN-3.5%NKE+2.5%EBAY+1.3%CMG-1.1%YUM-0.3%EXPE

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1AMZNAMAZON 22.92%$259.34-0.8%
2TSLATESLA13.02%$336.83-0.7%
3HDHOME DEPOT4.93%$337.99-0.1%
4MCDMCDONALDS2.89%$267.13+0.6%
5BKNGBOOKING HOLDINGS2.35%$208.26+1.7%
6TJXTJX COMPANIES2.63%$151.15+0.2%
7SBUXSTARBUCKS1.82%$106.00-1.8%
8LOWLOWES COMPANIES1.76%$215.78-0.0%
9DASHDOORDASH1.17%$216.32+1.7%
10MARMARRIOTT1.31%$357.46+0.2%
11MELIMERCADOLIBRE1.32%$1780.05-0.4%
12ABNBAIRBNB1.02%$183.87+2.5%
13GMGENERAL MOTORS1.28%$83.64-0.9%
14RCLROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES1.28%$300.07-0.5%
15ROSTROSS STORES1.26%$236.40+0.5%

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Sector weights
Consumer Discretionary97.35%
Consumer Cyclical96.11%
Retail Trade47.93%
Consumer Services22.59%
Consumer Durables19.3%
Consumer Non-Durables4.31%
Producer Manufacturing2.29%
Consumer Defensive1.03%
Industrials1%
Technology0.96%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States97.86%
Brazil1.24%
Uruguay1.12%
Canada0.85%
Switzerland0.54%
Ireland0.52%
Sweden0.18%
Other0.13%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.5%
1 month+1.8%
3 months+3.7%
6 months+3.9%
YTD+1.8%
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

The risk read
23%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
20%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.4%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 22.9% of the book; the top ten carry 55%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 13 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
3calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
26Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
TSLA TESLA$334M$383M
AMZN AMAZON $213M$204M
CVNA CARVANA$15M$18M
MELI MERCADOLIBRE$14M$15M
NKE NIKE$13M$10M

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

The case against VCR

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-5bp on fee · 23× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-6bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-6bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-6bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-3bp on fee · 35× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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