Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT)

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Summary

The Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT) is a massive index fund of over 8000 stock holdings representing a large sample of the total world stock market weighted by market capitalization.

Investment Thesis

If you want a share of the growth of the entire world stock market at a very low price, you can’t do much better than this fund. If you could only have one fund in your retirement savings, this might be the best one.

Statistics

Updated May 30, 2018:

  • Total Assets: $16.4 billion
  • Total Holdings: 8045
  • Portfolio Turnover: 10%
  • Expense Ratio: 0.10%
  • Distribution Yield: 2.12%
  • P/E: 17.47
  • Alpha: 3.40
  • Beta: 0.82

Portfolio

Region Allocation

  • North America: 55.26%
  • Europe: 21.52%
  • Asia: 18.73%
  • Australia: 2.23%
  • Latin America: 1.46%
  • Africa: 0.80%

Top Ten Countries

  1. USA: 52.15%
  2. Japan: 8.56%
  3. UK: 6.05%
  4. China: 3.13%
  5. Germany: 3.10%
  6. Canada: 3.09%
  7. France: 3.05%
  8. Switzerland: 2.51%
  9. Australia: 2.12%
  10. South Korea: 1.91%

Sector Allocation

  • Technology: 18.00%
  • Financials: 17.49%
  • Consumer Discretionary: 12.73%
  • Industrials: 11.63%
  • Healthcare: 10.80%
  • Consumer Staples: 7.67%
  • Energy: 6.40%
  • Materials: 5.81%
  • Real Estate: 3.79%
  • Utilities: 3.00%
  • Telecommunications: 2.65%

Market Cap Allocation

  • Giant: 46.72%
  • Large: 30.21%
  • Mid: 17.89%
  • Small: 4.73%
  • Micro: 0.45%

Top Ten Holdings

  1. Apple (AAPL)
  2. Microsoft (MSFT)
  3. Amazon (AMZN)
  4. Alphabet (GOOG/GOOGL)
  5. Facebook (FB)
  6. JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
  7. Exxon Mobil (XOM)
  8. Bank of America (BAC)
  9. Tencent Holdings (TCEHY)
  10. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)

 

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