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VFHVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Financials Index Fund

$140.65-0.64% today
11714352-WK

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Financials 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the financials 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
137.2129.9122.5140.65DAILY 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 +5.0% so far this year. At 0.10% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

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

$10.3Bassets under management
0.10%expense ratio · $10 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
368Kavg daily volume, 30 days
393holdings · US-domiciled
2004listed January 25, 2004 · beta 0.65
The book at a glance
JPM+0.6%BRKB+1.0%MA+2.1%BAC+0.5%V+1.5%GS-1.0%WFC-0.1%MS-0.3%C-0.6%SCHW+1.1%AXP+0.7%BLK+0.2%COF-0.1%SPGI+1.8%PGR+1.5%CB+1.4%BNY-0.2%BX+0.1%PNC-0.1%USB-0.3%CME+1.3%MRSH+1.1%ICE+1.1%TRV+0.9%MCO+1.9%AON-1.2%HOODALL+1.2%TFC-0.3%AJG+0.1%AFL+0.6%NDAQPRUAIG

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1JPMJPMORGAN CHASE10.45%$363.33+0.6%
2BRKBBerkshire Hathaway Inc.7.88%$503.10+1.0%
3MAMASTERCARD5.20%$574.22+2.1%
4BACBANK OF AMERICA4.66%$64.22+0.5%
5VVISA4.33%$364.18+1.5%
6GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP3.16%$1040.03-1.0%
7WFCWELLS FARGO2.93%$87.39-0.1%
8MSMORGAN STANLEY2.76%$217.51-0.3%
9CCITIGROUP2.42%$137.72-0.6%
10SCHWSCHWAB CHARLES1.92%$111.80+1.1%
11AXPAMERICAN EXPRESS1.98%$338.55+0.7%
12BLKBLACKROCK1.78%$1155.31+0.2%
13COFCAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL1.38%$221.49-0.1%
14SPGIS&P GLOBAL1.38%$418.07+1.8%
15PGRPROGRESSIVE1.37%$207.08+1.5%

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Sector weights
Financial Services94.86%
Financials94.86%
Finance78.32%
Commercial Services17.84%
Technology3.81%
Information Technology3.81%
Technology Services2.68%
Mutual fund1.01%
Real Estate0.81%
Industrials0.45%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States97.76%
Switzerland1.6%
Bermuda1.09%
Ireland1%
United Kingdom0.41%
Other0.33%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.7%
1 month+2.0%
3 months+10.9%
6 months+10.9%
YTD+5.0%
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
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 10.4% of the book; the top ten carry 46%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 29 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
8calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
413Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP$32M$31M
COIN COINBASE GLOBAL$30M$18M
HOOD ROBINHOOD$21M$19M
BAC BANK OF AMERICA$11M$14M
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE$9M$9M

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

The case against VFH

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VFH 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 · 12× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-6bp on fee · 3× 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 · 2× 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 · 19× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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