VSSVanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my money17y track recordRanked #88 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of international small-cap companies.

By Vanguard · Launched 2009

Annual Cost

0.06%

#308 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$14.3B

#200 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+24.2%

Track Record

17 years

#661 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$12,507+25.1%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global ex-US

Cap

Small

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

FTSE Global Small Cap ex US Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 7.9% of fund✓ well diversified

Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund

5.2%

Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund

0.5%

Phison Electronics Corp

0.3%

Equinox Gold Corp

0.3%

Toromont Industries Ltd

0.3%

IAMGOLD Corp

0.3%

First Majestic Silver Corp

0.3%

Accelleron Industries AG

0.2%

Hudbay Minerals Inc

0.2%

Eldorado Gold Corp

0.2%

Asset allocation

Stocks

93.2%

Cash

6.7%

Other

0.2%

By sector

Industrials

21.1%

Technology

15.7%

Basic Materials

13.0%

Financial Services

11.0%

Consumer Cyclical

9.8%

Real Estate

8.0%

Healthcare

6.8%

Energy

4.7%

Other

10.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

15.6%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-43.5%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.82Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.19Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of international small-cap companies.
Strategy: Employs an indexing approach to track the FTSE Global Small Cap ex US Index, a market-capitalization-weighted index measuring international small-cap stocks. Invests primarily in stocks that make up the Target Index through sampling.
Inception date: April 2, 2009
Fund family: Vanguard