Vanguard Materials Index Fund
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Materials 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the materials sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.
SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN
Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +11.6% so far this year. At 0.10% a year, nothing comparable on our shelf runs cheaper.
COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH
CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS
| # | Holding | Weight | Price | Day | 52-wk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LINLINDE | 15.11% | $481.13 | +0.5% | ||
| 2 | NEMNEWMONT | 6.90% | $125.08 | +7.8% | ||
| 3 | FCXFREEPORT-MCMORAN | 6.13% | $69.09 | +4.2% | ||
| 4 | SHWSHERWIN WILLIAMS | 5.46% | $353.59 | +2.4% | ||
| 5 | ECLECOLAB | 4.81% | $285.62 | +2.0% | ||
| 6 | CRHCRH PUBLIC LTD | 4.33% | $94.74 | +1.6% | ||
| 7 | APDAIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS | 4.07% | $303.22 | -0.0% | ||
| 8 | NUENUCOR | 3.89% | $248.74 | -5.8% | ||
| 9 | CTVACORTEVA | 3.60% | $78.57 | +0.8% | ||
| 10 | VMCVULCAN MATERIALS | 2.39% | $276.30 | +1.7% | ||
| 11 | MLMMARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS | 2.16% | $535.53 | +2.4% | ||
| 12 | STLDSTEEL DYNAMICS | 2.36% | $231.01 | -7.5% | ||
| 13 | SWSMURFIT WESTROCK PLC | 1.64% | $48.71 | +3.0% | ||
| 14 | PPGPPG INDUSTRIES | 1.69% | $113.92 | +1.0% | ||
| 15 | DOWDOW | 1.49% | $31.75 | +1.8% |
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| 1 month | +6.3% |
| 3 months | +6.3% |
| 6 months | -2.5% |
| YTD | +11.6% |
| 1 year | +15.6% |
| 3 years | — |
PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED
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| 1 month | — |
| 3 months | — |
| YTD | — |
| 1 year | — |
CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS
The top holding is 15.1% of the book; the top ten carry 57%. Spread across 109+ names, it behaves like roughly 21 equally-weighted positions.
VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK
| Most-traded holdings, options premium | Bullish | Bearish |
|---|---|---|
| NEM NEWMONT | $14M | $15M |
| FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN | $13M | $13M |
| HL HECLA MINING | $5M | $5M |
| CDE COEUR MINING | $5M | $4M |
| CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS | $2M | $2M |
TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES
Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VAW on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.
| Fund | Fee | Assets | Flow, 1M | The case | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 0.05% | $128.4B | +$547M | -5bp on fee · 42× the assets · +$547M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF | 0.04% | $32.7B | +$104M | -6bp on fee · 11× the assets · +$104M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | $23.4B | +$520M | -6bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$520M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | $18.7B | +$312M | -6bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$312M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF | 0.07% | $193.2B | +$631M | -3bp on fee · 63× the assets · +$631M in over the month | Head-to-head |