Vanguard Financials Index Fund (VFH)

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Best Fit Financial Services Funds ETFs

U.S. News evaluated 43 Financial Services Funds ETFs and 12 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)/Financials 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the financials 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 05.23.2013

Previous Close $40.67 Expense Ratio 0.19%
YTD Return 19.7% Avg. 30-Day Volume 219,292
1-Year Return 38.6% Market Cap Loading...
Bid $40.70 Shares Outstanding 33,287,000
Ask $40.72 Dividends $0.77
Top 10 Holdings
Jpmorgan Chase & Co (JPM) 6.54%
Wells Fargo & Co New (WFC) 6.45%
Citigroup Inc (C) 4.78%
Bank Of America Corporation (BAC) 4.59%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Del (BRK.B) 3.55%
American Express Co (AXP) 2.43%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS) 2.27%
Us Bancorp Del (USB) 2.14%
American Intl Group Inc (AIG) 2.01%
Simon Ppty Group Inc New (SPG) 1.73%
% of Total Holdings 36.50%

Sector Breakdown

Geographic Breakdown

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Best Fit Financial Services Funds

1

Vanguard Financials Index Fund (VFH)

2

SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE)

3

PowerShares KBW High Dividend Yield Financial Portfolio (KBWD)

4

PowerShares KBW Bank Portfolio (KBWB)

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