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VPLVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund

$113.72+0.48% today
8612152-WK

The fund employs an indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index. The FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index is a market-capitalization weighted index.

Price & daily flows
114.5111.0107.6113.72DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

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

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +23.9% so far this year. At 0.080% 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

$7.5Bassets under management
0.080%expense ratio · $8 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
354Kavg daily volume, 30 days
2451holdings · US-domiciled
2005listed March 3, 2005 · beta 1.40
Sector weights
Finance22.46%
Financials18.73%
Financial Services18.65%
Industrials18.35%
Consumer Discretionary17.54%
Information Technology16.27%
Technology15.14%
Consumer Cyclical12.6%
Electronic Technology11.58%
Producer Manufacturing9.62%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Japan59.57%
Australia18.22%
South Korea13.24%
Korea (the Republic of)12.66%
Korea, Republic of11.24%
Hong Kong3.84%
Singapore3.04%
New Zealand0.93%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.7%
1 month+5.3%
3 months+2.7%
6 months+6.9%
YTD+23.9%
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
29%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
24%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
calls today
3puts today
put/call ratio
370Kshares traded
The case against VPL

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VPL 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-3bp on fee · 17× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-4bp 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-4bp 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-4bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-1bp on fee · 26× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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