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VPUVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Utilities Index Fund

$190.36+0.06% today
17920652-WK

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the utilities 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
200.1192.5184.9190.36DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$145M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +1.7% so far this year. At 0.10% a year it is not the cheapest way in — XLU runs the same ground at 0.09%.

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

$6.2Bassets under management
0.10%expense ratio · $10 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
265Kavg daily volume, 30 days
65holdings · US-domiciled
2004listed January 25, 2004 · beta 0.17
The book at a glance
NEE+0.1%SO-0.2%DUK+0.3%CEG-4.0%AEP-0.0%D-0.2%SRE+1.6%ETR-0.2%XEL+0.0%VST-4.0%EXC-0.5%ED+0.1%PCG+1.9%PEG-0.0%WEC+0.4%AEE+0.1%DTE-0.5%EIX+3.3%ATO+0.4%ES+0.3%PPL-1.0%CNP-0.2%FE-0.3%AWK+1.4%NRG-5.5%CMS-0.5%NI-0.5%EVRG-0.6%LNT-0.5%TLNPNWOGE

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NEENEXTERA ENERGY11.82%$86.31+0.1%
2SOSOUTHERN6.95%$92.04-0.2%
3DUKDUKE ENERGY6.36%$124.06+0.3%
4CEGCONSTELLATION ENERGY5.28%$266.99-4.0%
5AEPAMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO4.53%$126.42-0.0%
6DDOMINION ENERGY3.96%$68.60-0.2%
7SRESEMPRA3.77%$87.26+1.6%
8ETRENTERGY3.21%$108.26-0.2%
9XELXCEL ENERGY3.18%$79.20+0.0%
10VSTVISTRA3.27%$140.55-4.0%
11EXCEXELON3.06%$45.33-0.5%
12EDCONSOLIDATED EDISON2.61%$109.12+0.1%
13PCGPG&E2.50%$17.84+1.9%
14PEGPUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP2.49%$75.55-0.0%
15WECWEC ENERGY GROUP2.32%$110.91+0.4%

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Sector weights
Utilities99.49%
Distribution Services0.46%
Energy0.41%
Energy Minerals0.4%
Mutual fund0.4%
Technology0.09%
Cash0.08%
Information Technology0.05%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Other0.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.3%
1 month-2.5%
3 months+0.0%
6 months-5.4%
YTD+1.7%
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
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 11.8% of the book; the top ten carry 52%. Spread across 68+ names, it behaves like roughly 24 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
10calls today
19puts today
1.90put/call ratio
215Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
VST VISTRA$9M$10M
TLN Talen$5M$12M
CEG CONSTELLATION ENERGY$8M$5M
OKLO OKLO$5M$5M
PCG PG&E$3M$2M

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

The case against VPU

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VPU 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 · 21× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-6bp on fee · 5× 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 · 31× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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