Vanguard Capital Value Fund Review (VCVLX)
The following is a Vanguard Capital Value Fund review. The stock symbol is VCVLX. As of January 07, 2010, the stock is valued at $9.72 per share. This stock’s 52-week range is a high of $9.72 and a low of $3.81. This fund has total assets of $774.2 million and at the present time is closed to new investors.
This fund heavily invests in domestic stocks of companies in the financial, manufacturing, information technologies and consumer discretionary industries. The annual turnover rate of these stocks is 300.0%. There are a total of 67 stocks in this fund. The net assets of the top ten stocks are 33.6% of all holdings. 17.3% of the holdings of this fund are of a foreign source.
The top 5 holdings of this fund are Wells Fargo Company with a fund weight of 4.37%, Qualcomm, Inc. at 4.07% weighted value of the fund, and Delta Airlines, Inc. at 3.99%. Apple is ranked fourth in weight at 3.81% and was the only one of the top five that is in the red. The last of the top five is Bank of America Corporation with a weight of the fund being at 3.02%.
The after-tax 5 year annualized return of this fund is at 2.99%. The 3 year annualized return is -3.36%. The one year is at 78.65%, and the one month is at 8.26%
Morningstar has this fund rated at high risk with average returns which is average for Vanguard funds.
The direction that the Vanguard Capital Value Fund review is taking since the recession is that this fund’s value is going up and might be a good investment.