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Vanguard U.S. Minimum Volatility ETF

$120.36-1.04% today

The fund invests primarily in a group of U.S. common stocks that together are deemed by the advisor to have the potential to generate lower volatility relative to the broad U.S. equity market. The portfolio will include a diverse mix of companies representing many different market sectors and industry groups. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's assets will be invested in securities issued by U.S. companies.

Price & daily flows

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN

$119Massets under management
0.13%expense ratio · $13 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
13Kavg daily volume, 30 days
162holdings · US-domiciled
2018listed February 12, 2018 · beta 0.44
The book at a glance
ROP+0.3%JNJ+1.1%XOM-0.6%CVX-0.2%MSFT+0.4%KO+0.7%ADI+0.8%COST+1.5%AAPL-0.6%VZ+0.5%T+0.6%CSCO+1.3%BRKB-0.2%NVDA-1.0%TXN-0.5%RPRX+1.2%ROST+4.4%L-0.8%CAH+0.5%RSG+0.5%AME+0.2%GD-0.5%CB-0.5%MNST+0.6%CRUS-1.3%ENSG-0.2%GOOG+1.0%TJX-0.1%BATRK-2.0%QCOM+0.0%DBD+3.1%DUK-2.3%ADSK+1.1%INGR-0.2%CTAS+0.1%LTC-1.2%CME+1.5%META+0.7%EOG+0.6%LRCX+1.1%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ROPROPER TECHNOLOGIES1.75%$411.79+0.3%
2JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON1.67%$270.24+1.1%
3XOMEXXON MOBIL1.67%$165.11-0.6%
4CVXCHEVRON1.63%$205.27-0.2%
5MSFTMICROSOFT1.56%$483.24+0.4%
6KOCOCA COLA1.55%$91.10+0.7%
7ADIANALOG DEVICES1.48%$373.09+0.8%
8COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE1.47%$947.74+1.5%
9AAPLAPPLE1.49%$309.35-0.6%
10VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS1.45%$49.45+0.5%
11TAT&T1.42%$25.29+0.6%
12CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS1.41%$111.04+1.3%
13BRKBBerkshire Hathaway Inc.1.40%$495.82-0.2%
14NVDANVIDIA1.39%$214.72-1.0%
15TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS1.38%$264.36-0.5%

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Sector weights
Technology25.14%
Technology Services19.25%
Healthcare15.6%
Industrials12.25%
Electronic Technology11.99%
Consumer Defensive11.96%
Finance10.98%
Health Technology10.09%
Communication Services10%
Financial Services8.71%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.52%
Bermuda1.23%
Ireland0.25%
Cash0.22%
Israel0.16%
Italy0.13%
Cayman Islands0.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week0.0%
1 month0.0%
3 months0.0%
6 months0.0%
YTD
1 year0.0%
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
realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
realized volatility, 1 year
deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.8% of the book; the top ten carry 16%. Spread across 204+ names, it behaves like roughly 109 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
8Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
NVDA NVIDIA$348M$395M
AMZN AMAZON $170M$173M
META META$149M$145M
AAPL APPLE$127M$146M
MSFT MICROSOFT$89M$93M

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

The case against VFMV

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ESMV iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF0.18%$7904.06T−$41K66519456× the assetsHead-to-head
BUFR FT CBOE VEST FUND OF BUFFER ETFS$5.1B43× the assetsHead-to-head
USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF0.15%$24.1B−$81M203× the assetsHead-to-head
ACWV iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF0.20%$3.4B+$155K29× the assets · +$155K in over the monthHead-to-head
EFAV iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF0.22%$5.5B+$101M46× the assets · +$101M in over the monthHead-to-head
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