VWOVanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

Grow my money21y track recordRanked #11 of 2,960 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%

#308 of 5,562 · low cost

Fund Size

$162.8B

#16 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+29.5%

Track Record

21 years

#225 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$13,175+31.8%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Emerging markets

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 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

95.6%

Cash

4.2%

Other

0.1%

Preferred

0.0%

By sector

Technology

29.6%

Financial Services

19.5%

Consumer Cyclical

10.7%

Industrials

8.0%

Basic Materials

8.0%

Communication

7.1%

Energy

4.6%

Healthcare

3.9%

Other

8.8%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

16.7%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-36.4%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.84Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.24Good 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 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