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VDEVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Energy Index Fund

$178.72-0.27% today
11917952-WK

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the energy sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). 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. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
166.3149.3132.2178.72DAILY 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 +38.9% so far this year. At 0.10% a year it is not the cheapest way in — XLE runs the same ground at 0.09%.

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

$8.5Bassets under management
0.10%expense ratio · $10 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
442Kavg daily volume, 30 days
113holdings · US-domiciled
2004listed September 22, 2004 · beta -0.23
The book at a glance
XOM+2.5%CVX+1.6%COP+1.8%MPC+2.5%VLO+0.9%PSX+1.2%WMB+2.4%EOG+1.7%SLB-1.3%TRGP+7.3%KMI+1.6%BKR-0.7%OKE+1.9%LNG+2.6%DVN+0.5%OXY+1.3%FANG+1.8%FTI-1.9%EQT-0.1%HAL-0.4%EXE+1.3%OVVTPL+1.2%PR

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1XOMEXXON MOBIL22.03%$165.56+2.5%
2CVXCHEVRON14.36%$205.82+1.6%
3COPCONOCOPHILLIPS5.83%$129.83+1.8%
4MPCMARATHON PETROLEUM3.75%$366.92+2.5%
5VLOVALERO ENERGY3.76%$350.37+0.9%
6PSXPHILLIPS 663.36%$243.43+1.2%
7WMBWILLIAMS COMPANIES3.42%$75.15+2.4%
8EOGEOG RESOURCES3.19%$148.69+1.7%
9SLBSCHLUMBERGER2.97%$53.26-1.3%
10TRGPTARGA RESOURCES2.29%$298.05+7.3%
11KMIKINDER MORGAN2.46%$32.87+1.6%
12BKRBAKER HUGHES2.35%$64.48-0.7%
13OKEONEOK2.25%$97.12+1.9%
14LNGCHENIERE ENERGY2.20%$273.75+2.6%
15DVNDEVON ENERGY2.01%$47.81+0.5%

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Sector weights
Energy99.72%
Energy Minerals78.62%
Industrial Services17.81%
Miscellaneous0.65%
Process Industries0.44%
Mutual fund0.42%
Transportation0.38%
Non-Energy Minerals0.24%
Materials0.23%
Basic Materials0.18%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.92%
Other0.53%
United Kingdom0.53%
Bermuda0.28%
Switzerland0.22%
Netherlands0.08%
Ireland0.07%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+3.7%
1 month+9.8%
3 months+4.2%
6 months+16.9%
YTD+38.9%
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
25%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
22%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 22.0% of the book; the top ten carry 65%. Spread across 104+ names, it behaves like roughly 12 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
192calls today
270puts today
1.41put/call ratio
563Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
CVX CHEVRON$18M$25M
MPC MARATHON PETROLEUM$16M$19M
XOM EXXON MOBIL$17M$15M
VLO VALERO ENERGY$5M$5M
DINO HF SINCLAIR$2M$3M

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

The case against VDE

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VDE 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 · 15× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-6bp on fee · 4× 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 · 3× 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 · 2× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-3bp on fee · 23× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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