Vanguard Materials is trading at 101.85 as of the 17th of February 2025; that is 0.25 percent down since the beginning of the trading day. The fund's open price was 102.11. Vanguard Materials has about a 22 % chance of experiencing some form of financial distress in the next two years of operation but has generated negative returns over the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 28th of February 2023 and ending today, the 17th of February 2025. Click here to learn more.
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the materials sector, as classified under the 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. More on Vanguard Materials Index
Vanguard Materials Index [VMIAX] is traded in USA and was established 17th of February 2025. Vanguard Materials is listed under Vanguard category by Fama And French industry classification. The fund is listed under Natural Resources category and is part of Vanguard family. This fund at this time has accumulated 3.15 B in net assets with no minimum investment requirementsVanguard Materials Index is currently producing year-to-date (YTD) return of 6.42% with the current yeild of 0.02%, while the total return for the last 3 years was 5.02%.
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Sector Allocation
Investors will always prefer to have their portfolios divercified against different sectors. The broad sector allocation increases the possibility of making a profit or at least avoiding a loss. However, this may also reduce the expected return on Vanguard Mutual Fund. Generally, it depends on diversification level and type but usually, the broader the sector allocation, the less risk can be expected from holding Vanguard Mutual Fund, and the less return is expected.
Institutional investors that are interested in enforcing a sector tilt in their portfolio can use exchange-traded funds, such as Vanguard Materials Index Mutual Fund, as a low-cost alternative to building a custom portfolio. So, using sector ETFs to diversify your portfolio can be a profitable strategy. However, no matter what sectors are desirable at a given time, no single industry should ever make up more than 20 percent of your stock portfolio.
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