VWUSX – Vanguard US Growth Fund: Overview
The VWUSX (Vanguard US Growth Fund) aims to provide long-term capital appreciation for its investors. The fund chiefly invests in large-capitalization stocks of U.S. companies that have proven to showcase above-average earnings growth potential and reasonable stock prices, when compared with expected earnings. When circumstances are normal, 80% of the fund’s assets are invested in securities issued by U.S. companies. The Vanguard US Growth Fund (VWUSX) also utilizes multiple investment advisors.
VWUSX – Vanguard US Growth Fund: Rankings
It is listed as number 8 in large growth.
VWUSX – Vanguard US Growth Fund: Performance
The Vanguard US Growth Fund has returned 58.01 percent over the past year, 27.88 percent over the past three years, 21.67 percent over the past five years, and 19.97 percent over the past decade.
VWUSX – Vanguard US Growth Fund: Fees
When compared to other funds in the same category, the expense ratio of the Vanguard US Growth Fund is 0.39 percent.
VWUSX – Vanguard US Growth Fund: Risk
When compared to the funds in the same category, the Vanguard US Growth Fund is considered riskier.
Volatility Measurements
Volatility measures reflect the uncertainty or risk of change in a security`s value.
Standard Deviation
20.264
Mean
2.235
Sharpe Ratio
1.238
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Overview
The Columbia Dividend Income Fund only consists of stocks and doesn’t utilize any kind of stocks and bonds mix for producing income. As of data on September 23rd, 2020, the Columbia Dividend Income Fund has assets totaling almost $23.37 billion invested in 78 different holdings. The fund’s portfolio mainly consists of large cap U.S. equities. Fund managers actively search for companies that seem to be valued attractively relative to future potential. They also find if the companies have increasing cash flow, which may result in dividend increases.
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Parent Company
Parent company Columbia Threadneedle Investments doesn’t want the fund to be used only by retirees who take income distributions. It also wants people who are still accumulating their retirement corpus. Columbia Threadneedle uses the Russell 1000 Index of large U.S. stocks to gauge fund performance. When U.S. stocks performed well between 2009 and 2015, the fund finished in positive territory. The fund has lagged its benchmark slightly on a one- and three-year basis.
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Performance
Over the past year, the Columbia Dividend Income Fund has returned 8.55 percent and 9.73 percent over the past three years. Over the course of history, dividend stocks have proven to be less volatile than the wider equity market. In the American market, dividend payers tend to be large firms whose stocks are typically less volatile when compared to smaller companies.
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Downside Protection
Downside protection is part of the Columbia Dividend Income Fund’s stated strategy. Even when markets decline, strong companies generally continue paying dividends. This ensures that investors can make decent returns during broader market corrections as well.
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Top Holdings
The top holdings of the Columbia Dividend Income Fund are Microsoft Corp., Johnson & Johnson, Exxon Mobil Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co.
The fund returned 6.95 percent from its March 1998 inception through Dec. 31, 2015. That does not include a maximum sales charge of 5.75 percent.
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Category
Morningstar tracks the fund within its Large Value category. Over the long haul, the fund’s total return has been well above the category average.
The fund has returned 11.71 percent over the past five years and 12.62 percent over the past decade.
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Ranking
It is listed as number 3 in large value.
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Investment Strategy
The fund seeks capital appreciation and current income with a strategy of investing primarily in dividend-paying equities.
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Role in Portfolio
The fund has been labelled as a “core” holding.
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Management
The fund’s managers are:
- Scott Davis, who joined the fund in 1998, was named lead manager in 2012.
- Michael Barclay, who was promoted to co-manager from his analyst position in 2011.
- Peter Santoro, who was bumped up from analyst in 2014.
Managers invest their own money in the fund as well, which aligns their interests with those of other shareholders.
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Performance
The fund has returned 8.55 percent over the past year, 9.73 percent over the past three years, 11.71 percent over the past five years and 12.62 percent over the past decade.
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Fees
Columbia Dividend Income Fund has an expense ratio of 0.94 percent.
Columbia Dividend Income Fund (LBSAX): Risk
As it is with stock investing in general, investing in the Columbia Dividend Income Fund is also risky. This fund owns a single asset class: large U.S. stocks. Sometimes, this asset class tends to underperform when compared to others. Hence investors should be ready to sit through a slump during the time that small caps or non-U.S. stocks are rallying.
Volatility Measurements
Volatility measures reflect the uncertainty or risk of change in a security`s value.
Standard Deviation
15.058
Mean
0.87
Sharpe Ratio
0.584
PRHYX – T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund: Overview
When a fund’s asset base grows quickly, it may become difficult for managers to invest while keeping with the stated objective. In those cases, a fund’s parent company will often close the fund to new investors. That protects shareholders by assuring that the fund sticks to the strategy for which they are paying. The T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund closed the doors to new investors in April 2012. Existing shareholders may continue adding to their positions. As of September 23, 2020, the fund has assets totaling almost $8.72 billion invested in 522 different holdings. Its portfolio consists primarily of below-investment-grade debt issued by U.S. corporations. About one-quarter of holdings are from issuers outside the U.S. The fund owns a small number of investment-grade bonds. Manager Mark Vaselkiv doesn’t shy away from the lower end of the high-yield universe. These bonds, rated CCC and below, are considered extremely speculative and carry significant risk of default. However, the fund aims to invest the majority of assets in somewhat higher-quality debt on the high-yield spectrum. The majority of holdings are rated B or higher.
High-yield bonds pay more than their investment-grade peers because investors demand a higher return for holding extra risk. Bonds categorized as below investment grade are at higher risk of default. Because of this added risk, high-yield bonds have more stock-like characteristics than investment-grade bonds.
The fund launched in 1984, so the strategy has proven staying power. On both a long- and short-term basis, the fund has outperformed its Morningstar category average. However, investors must recognize that a high-yield bond fund is not the sleepy asset that many imagine when purchasing a fixed-income instrument.
PRHYX – T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund: Parent Company
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. is an American publicly owned global investment management firm that offers funds, advisory services, account management, and retirement plans and services for individuals, institutions, and financial intermediaries. The firm, with assets under management of more than $1.3 trillion at the end of 2019, is headquartered at 100 East Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland, and its 16 international offices serve clients in 47 countries around the world.
It was founded in 1937 by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. who is best known for developing the growth stock philosophy of investing.
As of 2019, the company is focused on active management after strategically deciding against a major initiative in passive investment.
PRHYX – T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund: Performance
The T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund (PRHYX) has returned 2.97 percent over the past year and 4.10 percent over the past three years. It has also returned 5.61 percent over the past five years and 6.43 percent over the past decade.
PRHYX – T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund: Category
The fund falls in the Glbl High Yield category. The fund has returned 5.61 percent over the past five years and 6.43 percent over the past decade.
PRHYX – T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund: Role in Portfolio
As it does with most specialized funds, Morningstar says this fund should play a “supporting” role.
PRHYX – T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund: Ranking
The T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund (PRHYX) is ranked #26 in High Yield Bond.
PRHYX – T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund: Investment Strategy
The fund seeks high current income and, secondarily, capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of assets in a widely diversified portfolio of high-yield corporate bonds, often called “junk” bonds, income-producing convertible securities, and preferred stocks. Bonds will be those rated below investment grade.
PRHYX – T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund: Management
The fund has plenty of continuity going for it: Mark Vaselkiv has been at the helm since 1996. Before that, he was a high-yield credit analyst with parent company T. Rowe Price. Vaselkiv also serves on T. Rowe Price’s fixed-income steering committee, which oversees all of the firm’s fixed-income products. On the High Yield Fund, Vaselkiv is supported by a team of portfolio managers and analysts. In addition, the fund draws upon the expertise of traders who specialize in the high-yield universe.
PRHYX – T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund: Fees
T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund has an expense ratio of 0.71 percent.
PRHYX – T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund: Risk
All bond investing carries inherent risks. However, high-yield bonds represent a much greater risk of default than other bonds. For that reason, they are typically more volatile than investment-grade instruments.
Volatility Measurements
Volatility measures reflect the uncertainty or risk of change in a security`s value.
Standard Deviation
9.182
Mean
0.371
Sharpe Ratio
0.307
VTTSX – Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund: Overview
The Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund falls within Morningstar’s target-date 2060+ category. This fund is part of Vanguard’s target-date series, which ranges from target retirement dates of 2015 through 2060 in five-year increments. Additionally, Vanguard offers the Target Retirement Income Fund for those already in retirement. These funds are professionally managed with an allocation to equities that gradually decreases until the glide path is reached in the retirement years. Vanguard says, “The 2060 fund invests in 4 Vanguard index funds, holding approximately 90% of assets in stocks and 10% in bonds. You may wish to consider this fund if you’re planning to retire between 2058 and 2062.” The target-date funds are funds of other Vanguard Index funds. Together, Vanguard, Fidelity and T. Rowe Price had about 70 percent of the total target date fund assets at the end of 2015, with Fidelity ranked as the second-largest target-date family. As of September 23, 2020, the fund has assets totaling almost $6.12 billion invested in 5 different holdings.
The fund places in the 51st percentile of its Morningstar peer group for the trailing 12 months and the first percentile for both the trailing three- and five-year periods as of April 30, 2017. As of April 30, 2017, the fund’s allocation was Vanguard Total Stock Market Index (53.86 percent), Vanguard Total International Stock Index (36 percent), Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index (7.13 percent) and Vanguard Total International Bond Index (2.9 percent). The fund launched in January 2012. Parent company Vanguard is the largest mutual fund provider in the U.S. and offers a wide array of mutual funds and ETFs. Vanguard’s trademark is low-cost index products, but the company also offers many actively managed funds as well. The company’s low-cost approach has led to significant inflows of assets into its funds in recent years.
VTTSX – Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund: Parent Company
The Vanguard Group is an American registered investment advisor based in Malvern, Pennsylvania with about $6.2 trillion in global assets under management, as of January 31, 2020. It is the largest provider of mutual funds and the second-largest provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the world after BlackRock’s iShares. In addition to mutual funds and ETFs, Vanguard offers brokerage services, variable and fixed annuities, educational account services, financial planning, asset management, and trust services. Several mutual funds managed by Vanguard are ranked at the top of the list of US mutual funds by assets under management.
Founder and former chairman John C. Bogle is credited with the creation of the first index fund available to individual investors and was a proponent and major enabler of low-cost investing by individuals. Vanguard is owned by the funds managed by the company and is therefore owned by its customers.
VTTSX – Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund: Performance
The fund has returned 15.27 percent over the past year, 8.95 percent over the past three years, 10.04 percent over the past five years and an unknown percent over the past decade.
VTTSX – Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund: Category
The fund falls in the Mixed Asset Target 2060 category. Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund (VTTSX): Role in Portfolio
Vanguard says, “You may wish to consider this fund if you’re planning to retire between 2058 and 2062.” Target-date funds are generally considered a complete portfolio and can serve as an investor’s only holding in some cases.
VTTSX – Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund: Ranking
The Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund (VTTSX) isn’t ranked currently.
VTTSX – Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund: Investment Strategy
Vanguard says, “Vanguard Target Retirement Funds offer a diversified portfolio within a single fund that adjusts its underlying asset mix over time. The funds provide broad diversification while incrementally decreasing exposure to stocks and increasing exposure to bonds as each fund’s target retirement date approaches.”
VTTSX – Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund: Management
William Coleman and Walter Nejman have co-managed the fund since 2013. Both manage a number of other funds for Vanguard as well.
VTTSX – Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund: Fees
The fund’s expense ratio is 0.16 percent, which is characterized as low by Morningstar.
VTTSX – Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Fund: Risk
With this or any target-date fund, the risk is the managers invest appropriately for those with this approximate target retirement date. Too much investment risk can entail oversize losses. Too little investment risk can put fund holders at risk for running out of money in retirement.
Volatility Measurements
Volatility measures reflect the uncertainty or risk of change in a security`s value.
Standard Deviation
15.522
Mean
0.816
Sharpe Ratio
0.525
VASGX – Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund: Overview
The Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund falls within Morningstar’s allocation 70 percent to 85 percent category. Allocation funds strive to provide both income and capital appreciation by investing in a variety of asset classes and styles. Funds in this category tend to be dominated by domestic holdings and have stock exposures in the 70 to 85 percent range. The fund uses a fixed-allocation approach that is implemented by investing in four Vanguard index funds. The total allocation to stocks is slightly less than 80 percent as of Jan. 31, 2018. The fund’s allocation across the four Vanguard index funds is 48 percent in the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index fund, 32 percent in the Vanguard Total International Stock Index fund, 14 percent in the Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund and 6 percent in the Vanguard Total International Bond Index fund.
The fund is a target-risk fund versus a target-date fund. Target-risk funds maintain a relatively static asset allocation, versus a target-date fund where the allocation to stocks decreases over time as the fund’s target date approaches. As of September 23, 2020, the fund has assets totaling almost $16.88 billion invested in 5 different holdings. The fund launched in September 1994.
VASGX – Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund: Parent Company
The Vanguard Group is an American registered investment advisor based in Malvern, Pennsylvania with about $6.2 trillion in global assets under management, as of January 31, 2020. It is the largest provider of mutual funds and the second-largest provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the world after BlackRock’s iShares. In addition to mutual funds and ETFs, Vanguard offers brokerage services, variable and fixed annuities, educational account services, financial planning, asset management, and trust services. Several mutual funds managed by Vanguard are ranked at the top of the list of US mutual funds by assets under management. The company’s low-cost approach has led to significant inflows of assets into its funds in recent years.
Founder and former chairman John C. Bogle is credited with the creation of the first index fund available to individual investors and was a proponent and major enabler of low-cost investing by individuals. Vanguard is owned by the funds managed by the company and is therefore owned by its customers.
VASGX – Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund: Performance
Over the past year, the Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund (VASGX) has returned 14.25 percent. 8.61 percent over the past three, 9.49% over the last five and 10.07% over the last 10 years.
VASGX – Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund: Category
The fund falls in the Mix Tgt All Gro category. The fund has returned 9.49 percent over the past five years and 10.07 percent over the past decade.
VASGX – Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund: Role in Portfolio
This fund can be a core holding for someone seeking a balanced, but aggressive, investing approach.
VASGX – Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund: Ranking
The Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund (VASGX) isn’t ranked currently.
VASGX – Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund: Investment Strategy
The fund uses an 80/20 allocation of stocks to bonds and implements this strategy via the four Vanguard funds held in the portfolio.
VASGX – Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund: Management
The Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund (VASGX) is team managed.
VASGX – Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund: Fees
Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund has an expense ratio of 0.00 percent.
VASGX – Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund: Risk
The risk lies in the underlying funds’ help in the portfolio. This includes the risks from investing in stocks and bonds arising from various market and economic conditions over time. Risks also include currency risks due to the fund’s allocation to non-U.S. stocks and bonds.
Volatility Measurements
Volatility measures reflect the uncertainty or risk of change in a security`s value.
Standard Deviation
13.837
Mean
0.77
Sharpe Ratio
0.548
VPMAX – Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares MUTF : Overview
The Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund consists of both mid-cap and large-cap growth stocks and is suited for investors with a long-term perspective. The fund is closed to new investors. The fund seeks long-term capital gain. The holdings are relatively stable as the fund has an extremely low turnover. Vanguard created the fund in 1984. The fund’s advisor PRIMECAP Management Company follows an approach that involves several portfolio managers who oversee a portion of the fund. Through this approach, the fund benefits from diversification of thought. The fund can become concentrated in the technology and health care sectors, which means it could experience volatility if events impact those sectors. As of September 23, 2020, the fund has assets totaling almost $66.37 billion invested in 150 different holdings.
VPMAX – Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral SharesMUTF Parent Company
The Vanguard Group is an American registered investment advisor based in Malvern, Pennsylvania with about $6.2 trillion in global assets under management, as of January 31, 2020. It is the largest provider of mutual funds and the second-largest provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the world after BlackRock’s iShares. In addition to mutual funds and ETFs, Vanguard offers brokerage services, variable and fixed annuities, educational account services, financial planning, asset management, and trust services. Several mutual funds managed by Vanguard are ranked at the top of the list of US mutual funds by assets under management.
Founder and former chairman John C. Bogle is credited with the creation of the first index fund available to individual investors and was a proponent and major enabler of low-cost investing by individuals. Vanguard is owned by the funds managed by the company and is therefore owned by its customers.
VPMAX – Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares MUTF: Performance
Over the past year, the Vanguard PrimeCap Fund (VPMAX) has returned 18.95 percent. 13.49 percent over the past three, 14.95% over the last five and 16.02% over the last 10 years.
VPMAX – Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares MUTF: Top Holdings
The top 10 holdings (making up around 15% of the total portfolio) of the Vanguard PrimeCap Fund (VPMAX) are BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Roche Holding AG Part. Cert., Intel Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, KLA Corp., Boston Scientific Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Sony Corp. ADR, Alphabet Inc CL C.
VPMAX – Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares MUTF: Category
The fund falls in the Large Cap Core category. The fund has returned 14.95 percent over the past five years and 16.02 percent over the past decade.
VPMAX – Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares MUTF: Role in Portfolio
The fund can serve as a complement for investors with an already diversified portfolio. The fund is fit for investors with a long-term time horizon.
VPMAX – Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares MUTF: Ranking
The Vanguard PrimeCap Fund (VPMAX) isn’t ranked currently.
VPMAX – Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares MUTF: Investment Strategy
The fund invests in stocks with potential for above-average earnings that may not be reflected publicly. The fund’s advisor PRIMECAP Management Company uses an investment approach that involves several portfolio managers who oversee a portion of the fund. This approach brings diversification of thought to the investment strategy.
VPMAX – Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares MUTF: Management
PRIMECAP Management Company has managed the fund since 1984. The management team includes Theo A. Kolokotrones, Joel P. Fried, Alfred W. Mordecai, M. Mohsin Ansari and James M. Marchetti.
VPMAX – Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares MUTF: Fees
Vanguard PrimeCap Fund has an expense ratio of 0.31 percent.
VPMAX – Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Admiral Shares MUTF: Risk
The fund invests most of its assets in its ten largest holdings, so the fund has the potential to be impacted negatively by relatively few stocks. The fund also concentrates on few sectors, particularly health care and technology, so the fund can be subject to volatility from changes in those sectors.
Returns from large-cap and mid-cap stocks tend to move in cycles that either do better or worse than the stock market in general. So the fund may see returns trail the overall stock market.
Volatility Measurements
Volatility measures reflect the uncertainty or risk of change in a security`s value.
Standard Deviation
18.101
Mean
1.196
Sharpe Ratio
0.701
SCHX – Schwab US Large-Cap ETF: Overview
The investment seeks to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index. To pursue its goal, the fund generally invests in stocks that are included in the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index. The index includes the large-cap portion of the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index actually available to investors in the marketplace. The Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index includes the components ranked 1-750 by full market capitalization. The index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index.
SCHX – Schwab US Large-Cap ETF: Parent Company
The Charles Schwab Corporation is an American multinational financial services company founded and based in San Francisco, California. Headquartered in the SOMA District, San Francisco, Charles Schwab is the 14th largest banking institution in the United States with over US$3.3 trillion in client assets (as of 2019). It is the third largest asset manager in the world, behind BlackRock and Vanguard. The firm is known for its electronic trading platforms, investor education, and discount brokerage services, particularly reduced and free trading commission charges.
Founded as Charles Schwab & Co. in 1971 by its namesake Charles Schwab, the broker-dealer capitalized on the financial deregulation of the 1970s to pioneer discount sales of equity securities. It was purchased by Bank of America in 1983 for $55 million. Three years later, the profitability of the bank’s no-charge mutual funds prompted the founder to buy his company back for $280 million.
SCHX – Schwab US Large-Cap ETF: Performance
Over the past year, the Schwab US Large-Cap ETF (SCHX) has returned 11.70 percent. 12.30 percent over the past three, 10.55% over the last five and 11.79% over the last 10 years.
SCHX – Schwab US Large-Cap ETF: Top Holdings
The top 10 holdings (making up around 25.24% of the total portfolio) of the Schwab US Large-Cap ETF (SCHX) are Microsoft Corp, Apple INC, Amazon.com INC, Facebook INC CL A, Alphabet INC CL A, Alphabet INC CL C, Johnson & Johnson, Berkshire Hathaway INC CL B, NVIDIA Corporation, Procter & Gamble Co.
SCHX – Schwab US Large-Cap ETF: Category
The fund falls in the Large Cap Core category. The fund has returned 10.55 percent over the past five years and 11.79 percent over the past decade.
SCHX – Schwab US Large-Cap ETF: Ranking
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF has an MSCI ESG Fund Rating of A based on a score of 6.45 out of 10. The MSCI ESG Fund Rating measures the resiliency of portfolios to long-term risks and opportunities arising from environmental, social, and governance factors. ESG Fund Ratings range from best (AAA) to worst (CCC). Highly rated funds consist of companies that tend to show strong and/or improving management of financially relevant environmental, social and governance issues. These companies may be more resilient to disruptions arising from ESG events.
The fund’s Peer Rank reflects the ranking of a fund’s MSCI ESG Fund Quality Score against the scores of other funds within the same peer group, as defined by the Thomson Reuters Lipper Global Classification. Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF ranks in the 66th percentile within its peer group and in the 50th percentile within the global universe of all funds covered by MSCI ESG Fund Ratings.
SCHX – Schwab US Large-Cap ETF: Investment Strategy
The investment seeks to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index. The fund generally invests in stocks that are included in the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index. The index includes the large-cap portion of the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index actually available to investors in the marketplace.
SCHX – Schwab US Large-Cap ETF: Management
The Schwab US Large-Cap ETF (SCHX) is managed by Ferian Juwono and Christopher Bliss
SCHX – Schwab US Large-Cap ETF: Fees
Fees are Below Average compared to funds in the same category. Schwab US Large-Cap ETF (SCHX) has an expense ratio of 0.03 percent.
SCHX – Schwab US Large-Cap ETF: Risk
Stock markets, especially foreign markets, are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Fund and index performance may vary somewhat due to factors such as transaction costs, sample selection, and timing differences associated with index additions and deletions.
USAGX – USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund: Overview
The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation and to protect the purchasing power of capital against inflation. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of domestic and foreign companies (including those located in emerging markets) principally engaged in the exploration, mining, or processing of gold and other precious metals and minerals, such as platinum, silver, and diamonds. It is non-diversified.
USAGX – USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund: Parent Company
The United Services Automobile Association (USAA) is a San Antonio-based Fortune 500 diversified financial services group of companies including a Texas Department of Insurance-regulated reciprocal inter-insurance exchange and subsidiaries offering banking, investing, and insurance to people and families who serve, or served, in the United States Armed Forces. At the end of 2017, it had 12.4 million members.
USAA was founded in 1922 in San Antonio by a group of 25 U.S. Army officers as a mechanism for mutual self-insurance when they were unable to secure auto insurance because of the perception that they, as military officers, were a high-risk group. USAA has since expanded to offer banking and insurance services to past and present members of the Armed Forces, officers and enlisted, and their families. The company ranked No. 100 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
USAGX – USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund: Performance
Over the past year, the USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund (USAGX) has returned 45.36 percent. 20.18 percent over the past three, 22.29% over the last five and -2.26% over the last 10 years.
USAGX – USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund: Top Holdings
The top 10 holdings (making up around 15% of the total portfolio) of the USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund (USAGX) are Centamin PLC, Zijn Mining Group Co. Ltd. H, Regis Resources Ltd., Sandstorm Gold Ltd., Polyus PAO ORD, Northern Star Resources Ltd., Dundee Precious Metals, Inc., Polymetal International PLC, Torex Gold Resources Ltd., Evolution Mining Ltd.
USAGX – USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund: Category
The fund falls in the Precious Metals Equity category. The fund has returned 22.29 percent over the past five years and -2.26 percent over the past decade.
USAGX – USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund: Ranking
This fund is ranked #9 in Equity Precious Metals
USAGX – USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund: Investment Strategy
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation and to protect the purchasing power of your capital against inflation. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of domestic and foreign companies principally engaged in the exploration, mining, and processing of gold and other precious metals. The fund had a positive total return for the quarter and outperformed both its primary benchmark and secondary benchmark.
The fund selects holdings from among the universe of gold miner stocks. In doing so, the fund uses quantitative analysis to identify companies that meet one of the following criteria: trade at attractive valuations, exhibit positive momentum, and/or are high quality as measured by strong and stable profitability.
USAGX – USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund: Management
The USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund (USAGX) is managed by John P Toohey and Dan Denbow.
USAGX – USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund: Fees
Fees are Below Average compared to funds in the same category. USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund has an expense ratio of 1.19 percent.
USAGX – USAA Precious Metals and Minerals Fund: Risk
Stock markets, especially foreign markets, are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Fund and index performance may vary somewhat due to factors such as transaction costs, sample selection, and timing differences associated with index additions and deletions.
Volatility Measurements
Volatility measures reflect the uncertainty or risk of change in a security`s value.
Standard Deviation
33.969
Mean
1.967
Sharpe Ratio
0.646
FNILX – Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund: Overview
The Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund (FNILX) aims to provide investment results that correspond to the total return of stocks of large capitalization U.S. companies. This fund usually invests a minimum of 80% of assets in common stocks of large capitalization companies included in the Fidelity U.S. Large Cap Index. That index is a float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index which was created to reflect the performance of U.S. large capitalization stocks. All stocks belonging to the 500 largest U.S. companies based on float-adjusted market capitalization are known as large capitalization stocks.
FNILX – Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund: Parent Company
Based in the United States, Fidelity Investments is among the most diversified financial services companies in the world. The company’s fundamental mission is to help customers and clients achieve their financial objectives. The Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund (FNILX) seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the total return of stocks of large-capitalization U.S. companies.
FNILX – Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund: Performance
Over the past year, the Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund (FNILX) has returned 10.70 percent. 9.55 percent over the past three, 11.77% over the last five and 11.96% over the last 10 years.
FNILX – Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund: Top Holdings
As of 30/06/2020, the top 10 holdings (making up 26.03% of the total portfolio) of the Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund (FNILX) are:
Microsoft Corp, Apple INC, Amazon.com INC, Facebook INC CL A, Alphabet INC CL A, Alphabet INC CL C, Johnson & Johnson, Berkshire Hathaway INC CL B, Visa INC CL A, Procter & Gamble Co.
FNILX – Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund: Category
Morningstar tracks the fund within its Large Cap Core category. Over the long haul, the fund’s total return has been well above the category average.
The fund has returned 11.77 percent over the past five years and 11.96 percent over the past decade.
FNILX – Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund: Ranking
It isn’t ranked.
FNILX – Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund: Investment Strategy
Normally investing at least 80% of assets in common stocks of large capitalization companies included in the Fidelity U.S. Large Cap Index, which is a float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index designed to reflect the performance of U.S. large capitalization stocks. Large capitalization stocks are considered to be stocks of the largest 500 U.S. companies based on float-adjusted market capitalization. Using statistical sampling techniques based on such factors as capitalization, industry exposures, dividend yield, price/earnings (P/E) ratio, price/book (P/B) ratio, and earnings growth to attempt to replicate the returns of the Fidelity U.S. Large Cap Index using a smaller number of securities. Lending securities to earn income for the fund.
FNILX – Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund: Role in Portfolio
The fund has been labelled as a “core” holding.
FNILX – Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund: Management
Since 13/9/2018, the Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund (FNILX) has been managed by Geode Capital Management.
FNILX – Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index Fund: Risk
Stock markets, especially foreign markets, are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Fund and index performance may vary somewhat due to factors such as transaction costs, sample selection, and timing differences associated with index additions and deletions.
ETY-Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund : Overview
The Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (ETY) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income and gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in common stocks that pay dividends and qualify for favorable federal tax treatment
ETY – Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund: Parent Company
Eaton Vance Corp. is an American investment management firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest investment companies in the United States, with a history dating back to 1924. Through five primary investment affiliates, Eaton Vance provides investment products to individuals, institutions and financial professionals in the US, including wealth management, defined contribution investment only and sub-advisory services. In 2005 it opened an office in London. In October 2020, Morgan Stanley announced its intention to acquire the company for $7 billion.
ETY – Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund: Performance
Over the past year, the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (ETY) has returned 10.31 percent. 13.40 percent over the past three years, 14.16 percent over the last five and 13.87 percent over the last 10 years.
ETY – Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund: Category
The fund falls under the Opt Arb/Opt Strat category. Over the long haul, the fund’s total return has been well above the category average.
The fund has returned 14.16 percent over the past five years and 13.87 percent over the past decade.
ETY – Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund: Top Holdings
These are the top 10 holdings of the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (ETY): Microsoft Corp, Apple INC, Amazon.com INC, Facebook INC CL A, Alphabet INC CL C, Verizon Communications INC, Danaher Corp, Visa INC CL A, Abbott Laboratories, Procter & Gamble Co.
ETY – Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund: Ranking
The Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (ETY) is not ranked.
ETY – Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund: Management
Since its inception, the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (ETY) has been managed by Michael Allison, a vice president of Eaton Vance Management, a director of equity strategy implementation and a structured equity portfolio manager on a number of Eaton Vance’s global and domestic equity income and tax-managed equity portfolios. Since 2019, G.R. Nelson has also joined in as a manager.
ETY – Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund: Fees
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (ETY) has an expense ratio of 1.07 percent.
ETY – Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund: Risk
The value of investments held by the Fund may increase or decrease in response to economic, and financial events (whether real, expected or perceived) in the U.S. and global markets. The value of equity securities is sensitive to stock market volatility. A decision as to whether, when and how to use options involves the exercise of skill and judgment, and even a well-conceived and well-executed options program may be adversely affected by market behavior or unexpected events. The exercise of index call options sold by the Fund may require the Fund to sell portfolio securities to generate cash at inopportune times or for unattractive prices. In addition, the trading price of options may be adversely affected if the market for such options becomes less liquid or smaller. Investments in foreign instruments or currencies can involve greater risk and volatility than U.S. investments because of adverse market, economic, political, regulatory, geopolitical or other conditions. Market conditions may limit the ability to generate tax losses or to generate dividend income taxed at favorable tax rates. The Fund’s ability to utilize various tax-managed techniques may be curtailed or eliminated in the future by tax legislation or regulation. The Fund’s exposure to derivatives involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other investments. Derivatives instruments can be highly volatile, result in leverage (which can increase both the risk and return potential of the Fund), and involve risks in addition to the risks of the underlying instrument on which the derivative is based, such as counterparty, correlation and liquidity risk. If a counterparty is unable to honor its commitments, the value of Fund shares may decline and/or the Fund could experience delays in the return of collateral or other assets held by the counterparty. The Fund may engage in other investment practices that may involve additional risks.