VWOVanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
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 · USDGrowth of $10,000
$11,703+17.0%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
Emerging marketsCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 27.9% of fund✓ well 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+ yearsVolatility (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