6.9 in World Stock
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| Scorecard | |
|---|---|
| Morningstar | 3 / 5 Stars |
| Lipper | 4 4 3 5 2 |
| Zacks Investment Research | 2 (Buy) |
| Standard & Poor's | 4 / 5 Stars |
| TheStreet.com | C (Hold) |
Fund Overview
The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks of companies located in developed and emerging markets around the world. The fund employs a "passive management" -or indexing-investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, a free-float-adjusted, market-capitalization-weighted index designed to measure the market performance of large-, mid-, and small-capitalization stocks of companies located around the world. The index includes approximately 7,400 stocks of companies located in 47 countries, including both developed and emerging markets.
| Trailing Returns | Updated 03.31.2012 |
|---|---|
| Year to date | 12.2% |
| 1 Year | -0.8% |
| 3 Years (Annualized) | 20.7% |
| 5 Years (Annualized) | |
| 10 Years (Annualized) |
Performance
The fund has returned -0.76 percent over the past year, and 20.71 percent over the past three years.
Hypothetical Growth of $10,000
Updated 03.31.2012
Holdings
Asset Allocation
| % Long | % Net | |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | 0.27 | 0.27 |
| Stocks | 45.63 | 45.63 |
| Bonds | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Foreign Bonds | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Foreign Stocks | 50.15 | 50.15 |
| Convertible | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Preferred | 0.04 | 0.04 |
Updated 12.31.2011
Top Holdings
Performance as of 03.31.2012
Portfolio as of 12.31.2011
| Ticker | YTD Return % | % Net Assets | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | XOM | 3.28 | 1.3 |
| Apple, Inc. | AAPL | 52.75 | 1.2 |
| International Business Machines Corp | IBM | 14.32 | 0.7 |
| Microsoft Corporation | MSFT | 25.15 | 0.7 |
| Chevron Corp | CVX | 2.55 | 0.68 |
Fees
Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund has an expense ratio of 0.40 percent.
