Find the Best Vanguard Mutual Funds
To find the best Vanguard Mutual Funds for a one year performance, all you need to do is keep reading this column. All of the information listed can be found at the Vanguard site or Morningstar.
The top one year performer is the Vanguard REIT Index (VGSIX). This fund has had a one year return of 58.19% as of May 31, 2010. There are a total of 99 stocks in this fund, with the top ten holding 43.4% of the assets as a whole. The volatility measures of this fund are a Beta at 0.97, an R squared at 100, and a standard deviation of 40.66. This is a No Load Fund that requires a minimum of $3000 for an investment. The expenses of this fund are well below the industry average at 0.26%.
The Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund (VEIEX) has held its own during the recent slide in stock prices. It had a one year return of 18.51% as of May 31, 2010. Like most Vanguard Funds, this fund has extremely low operating expenses. This fund’s expenses are at 0.40%. The minimum to invest in this fund is $3000.
There are a total of 852 stocks in the fund with the top ten holding 14.2% of the assets as a whole. 100% of the companies that are invested in are in the emerging markets of the world including Brazil, Korea, China, Russia, and Taiwan. The volatility measures of this fund are a Beta at 1.01, the R squared at 99, and the standard deviation of 33.94.
To find the best Vanguard Mutual Funds, all you have to do is look online and search the results. In these troubling times, research is your best friend.
For more reference about investments from Vanguard on this site, please view Best Vanguard Income Funds.
For a resource about mutual funds, please view Primer on Investing in Janus Mutual Funds which is on our sister site of topperformingmutualfunds.net.
Even further resources involving Fidelity investments on another sister site of ours is mutualfundexplorer.com, please view How to Get Started Investing in Fidelity Mutual Funds.
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