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Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund Admiral VFTAX

NAVChangeNet Expense RatioYTD Return
YTD Return is adjusted for possible sales charges, and assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
$56.35+1.41 (2.57%)0.14%20.52%
Quote data as of close 11/06/2024As of 10/31/2024

Fund Performance

Growth of $10,000 Investment        
VFTAX
Fund
Index
Category
125682162VFTAX
This graph represents the growth of a hypothetical investment of $10,000. It assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, and does not reflect sales loads, redemption fees or the effects of taxes on any capital gains and/or distributions.
If the inception date of the Fund is less than the time period shown above, the Since Inception period is shown.

Fund Strategy

The investment seeks to track the performance of the FTSE U.S. Choice Index Index that measures the investment return of large- and mid-capitalization stocks. The index is composed of large- and mid-cap stocks of companies that are screened for certain environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) criteria by the index provider. The manager 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. It is non-diversified.

Details
52 Week Range$40.99 - $56.35
YTD Return
YTD Return is adjusted for possible sales charges, and assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.
25.53%
as of 11/06/2024
Gross Expense Ratio0.14%
Net Expense Ratio0.14%
Tax-Equivalent Yield--
30-Day SEC Yield0.95%
Distribution Yield TTM
Distribution Yield is the Trailing 12-Month End Yield - Morningstar computes this figure by summing the trailing 12-month's income distributions and dividing the sum by the last month's ending Net Asset Value (NAV), plus capital gains distributed over the same time period. Income refers only to interest payments from fixed-income securities and dividend payments from common stocks.

Calculated at month end:
Income

(NAV + Capital Gains)

x 100%

1.07%
Most Recent Distribution$0.1454
AvailabilityOpen
Manager Tenure2015
A net expense ratio lower than the gross expense ratio may reflect a limit on or contractual waiver of fund expenses. Please read the fund prospectus for details on limits or expiration dates for any such waivers.
Minimum Investment
 InitialSubsequent
Basic$2,500$1
IRA$1,000$1
Custodial$1,000$1
Qualified Retirement Plan Participants$0$0
Fund Profile
Inception Date02/07/2019Total Assets$21.5B
Total Holdings432Portfolio Turnover4%
Fund CompanyVanguardESG Fund
ESG Fund

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is the industry term Schwab has chosen to use as an umbrella term to describe various investing approaches that consider not only traditional measures of risk and return, but environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors as well. Schwab uses ESG to broadly encompass ESG investing , but also investing approaches described as "values-based investing," "impact investing," "sustainable investing," and other approaches. An ESG product may apply ESG factors to its investment or governance processes in many different ways. A product that employs ESG strategies may choose to focus on one or more ESG factors, though an ESG product may also include securities that don't fit any ESG category. The information displayed utilizes the Morningstar "Sustainable Investment - Overall" datapoint. Click here to learn more about ESG at Schwab.

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Yes1
Leveraged Fund
Leveraged Fund

Leveraged Mutual Funds typically use derivatives to attempt to multiply the returns of the underlying index each day or month. These funds invest their portfolios much differently than other mutual funds. They have the propensity to be more volatile and are inherently riskier than their non-leveraged counterparts. It is important to remember that these funds are generally designed for short-term use only, and are generally not intended to be buy-and-hold positions, because their returns over longer periods generally do not match the mutual fund’s multiple of the underlying index over those periods. These funds are not appropriate for most investors.

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NoIndex FundYes
Inverse Fund
Inverse Fund

Inverse mutual funds typically use derivatives to attempt to move in the opposite direction of the underlying index by a certain multiple each day or month. They generally have either a negative number like –1x or –2x or a term like “short” or “inverse” in their names. These funds invest their portfolios much differently than other mutual funds. They have the propensity to be more volatile and are inherently riskier than their non-inverse counterparts. It is important to remember that these funds are designed for short-term use only, and are not intended to be buy-and-hold positions, because their returns over longer periods generally do not match the mutual fund’s negative multiple of the underlying index over longer periods. These funds are not appropriate for most investors.

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No
Interval Fund
Risks of Interval Funds

Interval funds are not available for purchase by individual investors.

Interval funds are closed-end funds that offer daily purchases and redeem shares by periodically offering to repurchase a certain portion of shares from shareholders ("tenders" or "redemptions"). Rules and regulations related to interval funds enable fund companies to create portfolios with less capital volatility while holding a greater percentage of less-liquid, longer-term investments, often with higher risk-return opportunities than may be readily achieved in open-end mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Although interval fund purchases resemble open-end mutual funds in that their shares are typically continuously offered and priced daily, they differ from traditional closed-end funds in that their shares are not sold on a secondary market. Instead, periodic repurchase offers are made to shareholders by the fund. The fund will specify a date by which shareholders must accept the repurchase offer. The actual repurchase will occur at a later, specified date. If repurchase requests exceed the number of shares that a fund offers to repurchase during the repurchase period, repurchases are prorated (reduced by the same percentage across all trades) prior to processing. In such event, shareholders may not be able to sell their expected amount, and would potentially experience increased illiquidity and market exposure, which could increase the potential for investment loss. To find out more about trading Interval Funds, please read Interval Funds: What you need to know.

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Morningstar Category: Large Blend
Large-blend portfolios are fairly representative of the overall U.S. stock market in size, growth rates, and price. Stocks in the top 70% of the capitalization of the U.S. equity market are defined as large cap. The blend style is assigned to portfolios where neither growth nor value characteristics predominate. These portfolios tend to invest across the spectrum of U.S. industries, and owing to their broad exposure, the portfolios� returns are often similar to those of the S&P 500 Index.
Gerard O’Reilly
Since 12/22/2015
Nick Birkett
Since 02/17/2023
Portfolio Weightings as of 09/30/2024
Stocks
Sector
% of Assets
Information Technology
36.07%
 
Financials
13.07%
 
Health Care
13.00%
 
Consumer Discretionary
11.76%
 
Communication Services
10.82%
 
Industrials
5.49%
 
Consumer Staples
5.18%
 
Materials
1.71%
 
Utilities
0.17%
 
Ratings Summary
Morningstar Style Box - Stocks
Large
MidMarket Cap
Small
ValueBlendGrowth
Investment Style
Style Box is calculated only using the long position holdings of the portfolio.
Morningstar Rating™ Rating as of 10/31/2024
Overall Rating
Out of 1288 Funds
Rating: 3Star
3-Year Rating
Out of 1288 Funds
Rating: 3Star
5-Year Rating
Out of 1186 Funds
Rating: 3Star

10-Year Rating is not available for VFTAX

Historic Return
Above Average
Historic Risk
Above Average

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The ratings reflect historical risk-adjusted performance, and the overall rating is derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3-, 5- and 10-year (Morningstar Rating) metrics.

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Environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies implemented by mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and separately managed accounts are currently subject to inconsistent industry definitions and standards for the measurement and evaluation of ESG factors; therefore, such factors may differ significantly across strategies. As a result, it may be difficult to compare ESG investment products. Further, some issuers may present their investment products as employing an ESG strategy but may overstate or inconsistently apply ESG factors. An investment product’s ESG strategy may significantly influence its performance. Because securities may be included or excluded based on ESG factors rather than other investment methodologies, the product's performance may differ (either higher or lower) from the overall market or comparable products that do not have ESG strategies. Environmental ("E") factors can include climate change, pollution, waste, and how an issuer protects and/or conserves natural resources. Social ("S") factors can include how an issuer manages its relationships with individuals, such as its employees, shareholders, and customers as well as its community. Governance ("G") factors can include how an issuer operates, such as its leadership composition, pay and incentive structures, internal controls, and the rights of equity and debt holders. Carefully review an investment product’s prospectus or disclosure brochure to learn more about how it incorporates ESG factors into its investment strategy.

Large-cap companies are generally more mature and the securities issued by these companies may not be able to reach the same levels of growth as the securities issued by small- or mid-cap companies.

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