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

Grow my money17y track recordRanked #87 of 3,055 in this goal

Tracks the performance of the FTSE Global Small Cap ex US Index.

By Vanguard · Launched 2009

Annual Cost

0.06%

#170 of 6,040 · low cost

Fund Size

$14.5B

#212 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+13.0%

Track Record

17 years

#657 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$11,278+12.8%

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

What's inside

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

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 8.7% of funddiversified

Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund

6.4%

Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund

0.3%

Aritzia Inc

0.3%

Accelleron Industries AG

0.3%

Finning International Inc

0.3%

Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA

0.2%

Macronix International Co Ltd

0.2%

Hudbay Minerals Inc

0.2%

Games Workshop Group PLC

0.2%

WinWay Technology Co Ltd

0.2%

Asset allocation

Stocks

93.6%

Cash

6.2%

Other

0.2%

By sector

Industrials

21.2%

Technology

13.6%

Basic Materials

12.4%

Financial Services

12.2%

Consumer Cyclical

10.6%

Real Estate

8.3%

Healthcare

6.8%

Energy

4.8%

Other

10.2%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

16.5%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)

1.18Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Tracks the performance of the FTSE Global Small Cap ex US Index.
Strategy: Employs an indexing investment approach to track the FTSE Global Small Cap ex US Index, investing at least 80% of net assets in stocks of international small-cap companies. Uses sampling to approximate the full index in terms of key risk factors and characteristics.
Inception date: April 2, 2009
Fund family: Vanguard