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VWOVanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

Grow my money21y track recordRanked #10 of 2,992 in this goal

Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in emerging markets.

By Vanguard · Launched 2005

Annual Cost

0.06%

#169 of 5,854 · low cost

Fund Size

$163.3B

#16 of 5,854 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+20.4%

Track Record

21 years

#220 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,703+17.0%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 27.9% of fundwell diversified

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
12.1%
Tencent Holdings Ltd
4.3%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
3.4%
Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
2.3%
Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
1.6%
HDFC Bank Ltd
1.0%
Reliance Industries Ltd
0.9%
China Construction Bank Corp
0.8%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
0.8%
MediaTek Inc
0.7%

Asset allocation

Stocks
95.5%
Cash
4.3%
Other
0.2%
Preferred
0.0%

By sector

Technology
34.2%
Financial Services
19.4%
Consumer Cyclical
9.1%
Industrials
7.8%
Basic Materials
7.2%
Communication
6.6%
Energy
3.8%
Healthcare
3.7%
Other
8.1%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
17.6%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-36.5%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.70Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.02Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in emerging markets.
Strategy
Employs an indexing approach to track the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, investing at least 80% of net assets in the stocks that make up the index through sampling.
Inception date
March 4, 2005
Fund family
Vanguard

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Data updated on 2026-08-03