VWOVanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Tracks the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index.
By Vanguard · Launched 2005
Annual Cost
0.06%
#170 of 6,040 · low cost
Fund Size
$168.4B
#18 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+13.5%
Track Record
21 years
#225 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,672+6.7%
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
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 27.9% of funddiversified
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
0.1%
Preferred
0.0%
By sector
Technology
30.3%
Financial Services
20.6%
Consumer Cyclical
10.5%
Industrials
7.6%
Basic Materials
7.3%
Communication
7.2%
Energy
4.2%
Healthcare
3.9%
Other
8.5%
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)
0.82Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.20Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index.
- Strategy
- Employs an indexing investment approach to track the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, investing primarily in stocks issued by companies located in emerging markets. The Fund holds a range of securities that approximates the full Target Index in terms of key risk factors and characteristics.
- Inception date
- March 4, 2005
- Fund family
- Vanguard
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Data updated on 2026-09-18