Vanguard 500 is trading at 267.18 as of the 26th of July 2024; that is 1.12 percent up since the beginning of the trading day. The fund's open price was 264.23. Vanguard 500 has less than a 19 % chance of experiencing some financial distress in the next two years of operation and had a good performance during the last 90 days. Equity ratings for Vanguard 500 Index are calculated daily based on our scoring framework. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 27th of April 2024 and ending today, the 26th of July 2024. Click here to learn more.
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard Poors 500 Index, a widely recognized benchmark of U.S. stock market performance that is dominated by the stocks of large U.S. companies. Vanguard 500 is traded on NASDAQ Exchange in the United States.. More on Vanguard 500 Index
Vanguard 500 Index [VFFSX] is traded in USA and was established 26th of July 2024. The fund is listed under Large Blend category and is part of Vanguard family. This fund at this time has accumulated 459.29 B in net assets with no minimum investment requirementsVanguard 500 Index is currently producing year-to-date (YTD) return of 16.29% with the current yeild of 0.01%, while the total return for the last 3 years was 10.63%.
Check Vanguard 500 Probability Of Bankruptcy
Instrument Allocation
Sector Allocation
Investors will always prefer to have their portfolios divercified against different sectors. The broad sector allocation increases the possibility of making a profit or at least avoiding a loss. However, this may also reduce the expected return on Vanguard Mutual Fund. Generally, it depends on diversification level and type but usually, the broader the sector allocation, the less risk can be expected from holding Vanguard Mutual Fund, and the less return is expected.
Institutional investors that are interested in enforcing a sector tilt in their portfolio can use exchange-traded funds, such as Vanguard 500 Index Mutual Fund, as a low-cost alternative to building a custom portfolio. So, using sector ETFs to diversify your portfolio can be a profitable strategy. However, no matter what sectors are desirable at a given time, no single industry should ever make up more than 20 percent of your stock portfolio.
Other Information on Investing in Vanguard Mutual Fund
Vanguard 500 financial ratios help investors to determine whether Vanguard Mutual Fund is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Vanguard with respect to the benefits of owning Vanguard 500 security.