$
203.10
Change
-0.71 -0.35%
Dec 1, 2016
YTD return
9.28%
5 yr avg return
14.24%
Total net assets
25.66B
52 week low
52 week high
$169.09
$205.04
Yield
1.85%
Fees & Expenses
Front load
0.00%
Deferred load
0.00%
Max. redemption fee
0.00%
Total expense ratio
0.16%
12 b-1
0.02%
Turnover
3.00%
Expense Calculator
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Distributions
Income dividend
0.85
Dividend freq.
Quarterly
Capital gain (2015)
n/a
Capital gain (YTD)
n/a
Risk Measures
Alpha
-0.01
Beta
1.00
Standard deviation
3.07
R. squared
1.00
Min. Investment
Standard (taxable)
3000
IRA
3000
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Lipper Leader
YTD Lipper Ranking: Quintile 1 (20th percentile)
Lipper Ranking & Performance
| Fund return | Category | Index (S&P 500) |
% rank in category | Quintile rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YTD | 9.28% | 8.88% | 9.40% | 20% | 1 |
| 1yr | 6.40% | 5.98% | 6.50% | 18% | 1 |
| 3yr | 8.77% | 8.37% | 8.90% | 15% | 1 |
| 5yr | 14.24% | 13.79% | 14.40% | 15% | 1 |
| 10yr | 6.76% | 6.32% | 6.9% | 12% | 1 |
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Fund Details
Category
S&P 500 Index Funds
Fund family
VANGUARD INDEX FDS
Fund status
Open
Fund inception
August 31, 1976
Manager
Butler/Geiger
Investment Policy
The Fund seeks to track the performance of its benchmark index, the S&P 500. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach. The Fund attempts to replicate the target index by investing all of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index with the same approximate weightings as the Index.
Top Holdings
| Company | Symbol | % of total net assets |
|---|---|---|
| PepsiCo Inc. | PEP | 0.83 |
| Home Depot Inc. | HD | 0.84 |
| Bank of America Corp. | BAC | 0.85 |
| Cisco Systems Inc. | CSCO | 0.85 |
| Comcast Corp. Cl A | CMCSA | 0.85 |
| Coca-Cola Co. | KO | 0.87 |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | MRK | 0.92 |
| Intel Corp. | INTC | 0.95 |
| Chevron Corp. | CVX | 1.03 |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 1.07 |
| Pfizer Inc. | PFE | 1.09 |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | VZ | 1.12 |
| Alphabet Inc. Cl C | GOOG | 1.22 |
| Alphabet Inc. Cl A | GOOGL | 1.26 |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | PG | 1.27 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPM | 1.28 |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 1.32 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B | BRK.B | 1.37 |
| General Electric Co. | GE | 1.41 |
| Facebook Inc. Cl A | FB | 1.58 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 1.71 |
| Amazon.com Inc. | AMZN | 1.75 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. | XOM | 1.92 |
| Microsoft Corp. | MSFT | 2.38 |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 3.23 |
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