Vanguard Telecommunication Services Index Fund (VOX)

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Best Fit Telecommunication Funds ETFs

U.S. News evaluated 10 Telecommunication 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 Good
Bid/Ask Ratio Excellent
Holdings Diversity Typical

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)/Telecommunication Services 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the telecommunication services sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard. 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 05.16.2013

Previous Close $81.31 Expense Ratio 0.14%
YTD Return 16.2% Avg. 30-Day Volume 106,169
1-Year Return 32.7% Market Cap Loading...
Bid $81.27 Shares Outstanding 8,003,000
Ask $81.35 Dividends $2.47
Top 10 Holdings
Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) 23.73%
At&T Inc (T) 21.21%
Sprint Nextel Corp (S) 5.07%
Crown Castle Intl Corp (CCI) 4.50%
Centurylink Inc (CTL) 4.38%
Sba Communications Corp (SBAC) 3.49%
Windstream Corp (WIN) 2.03%
Tw Telecom Inc (TWTC) 1.99%
Level 3 Communications Inc (LVLT) 1.90%
Frontier Communications Corp (FTR) 1.87%
% of Total Holdings 70.20%

Sector Breakdown

Geographic Breakdown

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Best Fit Telecommunication Funds

1

Vanguard Telecommunication Services Index Fund (VOX)

2

iShares S&P North American Technology-Multimedia Networking Index Fund (IGN)

3

iShares Dow Jones US Telecommunications Sector Index Fund (IYZ)

4

iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Sector Index Fund (IXP)

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