Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) has a current stock price of $58.16 as of January 14, 2010. The 52 week low was at $33.26 and the high was $58.35 which was earlier this week. This fund has $117 billion in total assets. This fund covers the United States stock market with 99.4% of the assets in stocks and only 0.9% of that being from foreign markets. The assets of this fund are made up of 3,380 stocks and 2 long term bonds is the makeup. The top ten holdings make up 15.84% of this fund.

The top ten holdings of this fund include ExxonMobil Corp. with YTD return of 2.19% and 2.87% net asset of the fund. The second is Microsoft Corp. with YTD return of 1.57% and 1.78% net asset of the fund. The third largest is General Electric Co. with a YTD return of 10.38% and 1.49% net assets of the fund. The fourth is Proctor and Gamble Co. with a YTD return of 1.57% and 1.45% net assets of the fund. The fifth is Johnson and Johnson with a YTD return of 1.07% and 1.44% net assets of the fund. The sixth is Apple, Inc. with a YTD return of -0.62% and 1.42% of net assets of the fund. The seventh is JP Morgan Chase & Co. with a YTD return of 7.37% and 1.41% net assets of the fund. Eighth is AT&T with a YTD return of -5.07% and 1.37% of net assets of the fund. Ninth is IBM with a YTD return of 1.08% and 1.36% of net assets of the fund, and tenth is Bank of America Corp. with a YTD return of 11.69% and 1.25% of the net assets of this fund.

Morningstar rates this fund as average risk and average return. Since the low of last March, this fund has made steady improvement on the market. Invest wisely and do your research but the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) is one of the solid Vanguard Funds available to investors today.

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