Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (AMEX:VB)
The Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (AMEX:VB) has a current stock price of $59.34 today, January 14, 2010. This fund has fluctuated in the past 52 weeks from a low of $29.56 to a high earlier this week of $59.90. The total assets that are in this fund are $16.5 billion. With expenses at 0.15%, there is money to be made with this fund.
This fund is a way for investors to purchase a fund that contains many small capital stocks exclusively in the American market. This fund has 99.7% of its interest in stocks which only 1.1% are from foreign countries. There are a total of 1,748 different stocks in this fund with the top 10 holding 2.91% of the total assets. These top ten include Genworth Financial, Inc. at 0.47% net assets but 16.39% YTD growth. Number two is American International Group with 0.43% in net assets and -3.07% YTD return. Third is Rovi Corp with 0.28% net assets with -0.53% YTD return. Fourth is SL Green Realty Corp. with 0.26 net assets and 1.13 YTD return. Fifth is Dendreon Corp. with 0.25% net assets and 12.86% YTD return. Sixth is F5 Network, Inc. with 0.25 net assets and a YTD return of -1.09%. Seventh is Ashland, Inc. with 0.25% in net assets and a YTD return of 3.91%. Eighth is Human Genome Sciences with a net asset at 0.24% and a YTD return of -2.58%. The ninth is MSCI, Inc. with 0.24% of net assets and a YTD return of 4.87. The tenth stock is Aeropostale, Inc. with a net asset of 0.24% and a YTD return of 2.50%.
Morningstar rates this fund as a high risk but also high return investment. This fund did have a return of 36.61% but with 4 of the top ten stocks in the red. Do your research before you invest in the Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (AMEX:VB). Of the Vanguard Funds, this one has great potential but great risk in a volatile market.