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3 / 5 Stars
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Lipper
4
5
2
5
4
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Zacks Investment Research
2
(Buy)
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Standard & Poor's
5 / 5 Stars
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TheStreet.com
B+
(Buy)
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#10 in Small Value
U.S. News evaluated 113 Small Value 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 20.87 percent over the past year, 11.15 percent over the past three years, 7.82 percent over the past five years, and 10.94 percent over the past decade.
| Trailing Returns | Updated 04.30.2013 |
|---|---|
| Year to date | 13.2% |
| 1 Year | 20.9% |
| 3 Years (Annualized) | 11.1% |
| 5 Years (Annualized) | 7.8% |
| 10 Years (Annualized) | 10.9% |
Summary
The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of small-capitalization value stocks. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Value Index, a broadly diversified index of value stocks of small U.S. companies. 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.
Fees
Fees are Low compared to funds in the same category.
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Fund has an expense ratio of 0.24 percent.
Risk
Risk is Average compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.
