Vanguard Materials Index Fund (VAW)

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Best Fit Basic Materials Funds ETFs

U.S. News evaluated 20 Basic Materials Funds ETFs and 4 make our Best Fit list. Our list highlights the best passively managed funds for long-term investors. Rankings are assigned based on comparisons with Best Fit funds in this category.

How we identify Best Fit Funds

Best Fit Scorecard
Costs Excellent
Tracking Error Excellent
Bid/Ask Ratio Good
Holdings Diversity Good

Fund Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Materials 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the materials sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). It attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.

Fund Snapshot Updated 05.22.2013

Previous Close $91.40 Expense Ratio 0.14%
YTD Return 8.4% Avg. 30-Day Volume 91,094
1-Year Return 24.1% Market Cap Loading...
Bid $91.27 Shares Outstanding 8,450,000
Ask $91.35 Dividends $1.57
Top 10 Holdings
Monsanto Co New (MON) 8.17%
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co (DD) 7.61%
Dow Chem Co (DOW) 6.18%
Praxair Inc (PX) 5.05%
Freeport-Mcmoran Copper & Gold (FCX) 4.81%
Ecolab Inc (ECL) 3.76%
Ppg Inds Inc (PPG) 3.30%
Lyondellbasell Industries N V (LYB) 3.02%
Air Prods & Chems Inc (APD) 2.97%
Intl Paper Co (IP) 2.85%
% of Total Holdings 47.70%

Sector Breakdown

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Best Fit Basic Materials Funds

1

Vanguard Materials Index Fund (VAW)

2

SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME)

3

iShares S&P Global Materials Sector Index Fund (MXI)

4

iShares Dow Jones US Basic Materials Sector Index Fund (IYM)

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