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Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund

$282.73+1.21% today
22028952-WK

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Russell 2000® Growth Index. The index is designed to measure the performance of small-capitalization growth stocks in the United States. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

Price & daily flows
273.9254.2234.4282.73DAILY NET FLOWAug 25Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

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 +18.3% so far this year. At 0.15% a year it is not the cheapest way in — XLV runs the same ground at 0.09%.

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

$1Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
23Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1079holdings · US-domiciled
2010listed September 19, 2010 · beta 1.47
The book at a glance
MOGA+2.0%EAT+5.6%GKOS+0.0%FROG+2.7%BTSG-1.1%PTGX+2.4%PRAX+3.1%FCFS+9.4%KRYS+2.8%TWST+6.8%IDCC+0.1%HQY+1.1%CRNX+0.0%RHP-0.1%SYRE-1.2%TGTX+7.3%TXG+2.0%OSCR+1.5%ESE+0.9%FSS+0.4%SNEX+3.4%ZWS+0.4%HIMS+6.0%QBTS+8.5%SLAB-0.0%COMP-1.4%AGX-2.9%QLYS-0.1%ENS-0.1%MGY-0.3%LNTH-0.3%PLXS-0.7%ALKS+0.6%NPO-0.1%UEC+14.4%KGS+1.4%KYMR-1.4%COGT+4.0%APGE+0.0%RYTM+1.0%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1MOGAMoog Inc MOG-A0.70%$389.14+2.0%
2EATBRINKER INTERNATIONAL0.58%$246.06+5.6%
3GKOSGLAUKOS0.60%$184.89+0.0%
4FROGJFROG0.55%$92.13+2.7%
5BTSGBRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC0.61%$58.87-1.1%
6PTGXPROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS0.53%$154.32+2.4%
7PRAXPRAXIS PRECISION MEDICINES0.49%$375.94+3.1%
8FCFSFIRSTCASH HOLDINGS0.53%$225.28+9.4%
9KRYSKRYSTAL BIOTECH0.56%$346.58+2.8%
10TWSTTWIST BIOSCIENCE0.36%$145.59+6.8%
11IDCCINTERDIGITAL0.50%$342.42+0.1%
12HQYHEALTHEQUITY0.54%$105.41+1.1%
13CRNXCRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS0.54%$84.69+0.0%
14RHPRYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES0.53%$128.50-0.1%
15SYRESPYRE THERAPEUTICS INC0.46%$106.49-1.2%

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Sector weights
Healthcare25.8%
Information Technology22.61%
Technology21.9%
Industrials20.48%
Health Technology17.26%
Technology Services16.41%
Consumer Discretionary13.16%
Electronic Technology10.44%
Producer Manufacturing9.6%
Consumer Cyclical9.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.57%
Cayman Islands0.81%
Bermuda0.59%
Brazil0.24%
Canada0.17%
Israel0.13%
Ireland0.13%
France0.13%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.9%
1 month+4.7%
3 months+4.0%
6 months+14.4%
YTD+18.3%
1 year+26.0%
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
22%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
22%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.7% of the book; the top ten carry 6%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 211 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
25Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
SLS SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP$16M$10M
HIMS HIMS & HERS HEALTH$13M$10M
CIFR CIPHER MINING$11M$12M
HUT HUT 8 MINING$11M$10M
AXTI AXT$8M$11M

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

The case against VTWG

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VTWG 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-10bp on fee · 127× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-11bp on fee · 33× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-11bp on fee · 28× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
ILCG iShares Morningstar Growth ETF0.04%$3.3B+$7M-11bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$7M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF0.04%$1.7B+$15M-11bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$15M in over the monthHead-to-head
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