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Vanguard Small Cap Growth Index Fund

Scorecard
Morningstar 4 / 5 Stars
Lipper 5 5 2 5 4
Zacks Investment Research 3 (Hold)
Standard & Poor's 4 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com B (Buy)

Risk

Volatility Measurements

Updated 04.30.2013

Standard Deviation	20.46
Mean	1.26
Sharpe Ratio	0.73
Bear Market Decile Rank	53

Modern Portfolio Theory Statistics

Updated 04.30.2013

	Standard Index S&P 500 TR	Best Fit Index Morningstar Small Cap TR USD
R-Squared	91.82	99.36
Beta	1.31	1.05
Alpha	-2.13	0.73

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