| Scorecard |
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4 / 5 Stars
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Lipper
5
5
5
5
3
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Zacks Investment Research
5
(Strong Sell)
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Standard & Poor's
5 / 5 Stars
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TheStreet.com
A
(Buy)
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U.S. News evaluated 498 Large Blend Funds. Our list highlights the top-rated funds for long-term investors based on the ratings of leading fund industry researchers.
Performance
The fund has returned 17.21 percent over the past year, 12.91 percent over the past three years, 5.93 percent over the past five years, and 8.82 percent over the past decade.
| Trailing Returns | Updated 04.30.2013 |
|---|---|
| Year to date | 13.0% |
| 1 Year | 17.2% |
| 3 Years (Annualized) | 12.9% |
| 5 Years (Annualized) | 5.9% |
| 10 Years (Annualized) | 8.8% |
Summary
The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index, which represents approximately 100% of the investable U.S. stock market and includes large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks regularly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full index in terms of key characteristics.
Fees
Fees are Average compared to funds in the same category.
Vanguard Institutional Total Stock Market Index Fund has an expense ratio of 0.04 percent.
Risk
Risk is Average compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.
Fund Opinions
The fund's Value Line Overall Rank, a measure of risk-adjusted performance and relative growth in fund returns, is 1 on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the best and 5 the worst.
Value Line 2013-03-12
The fund's Value Line Growth Persistence rank, which awards funds that consistently outperform their broad universes, is 2 for one year, 2 for five years, and 3 for 10 years. Scores are on a 1 to 5 scale, with 1 being the best and 5 the worst.
Value Line 2013-03-12
The fund's Value Line Risk Rank, a measure of volatility, is 3 on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the least volatile and 5 the most.
Value Line 2013-03-12
