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| Morningstar Return Rating: | Above average | | Year to Date Return: | 31.28% | | 5-Year Average Return: | 13.59% | | Number of Years Up: | 4 | | Number of Years Down: | 1 | |
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2005): | 44.67% | |
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008): | -42.83% | |
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2005-7): | 33.42% | |
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8): | -2.09% |
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| 1-Year: | No load | | 3-Year: | No load | | 5-Year: | No load | | 10-Year: | No load |
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| TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS | |
| Return | VGELX | Category | Diff | Index* | Diff | | Year To Date | 31.28 | 34.80 | -3.52 | 17.05 | 14.23 | | 1-Month | 0.31 | -1.43 | 1.74 | -1.86 | 2.17 | | 3-Month | 8.54 | 8.55 | -0.01 | 5.48 | 3.06 | | 1-Year | 21.04 | 19.10 | 1.94 | 9.80 | 11.24 | | 3-Year | 2.75 | -0.71 | 3.46 | -7.02 | 9.77 | | 5-Year | 13.59 | 10.24 | 3.35 | 0.33 | 13.26 | | Last Bull Market (
28-Feb-09
to 30-Sep-09) | 47.14 | 53.32 | -6.18 | 45.76 | 1.38 | | Last Bear Market (
31-Aug-08
to 31-Aug-09) | -27.73 | -32.06 | 4.33 | -18.25 | -9.48 |
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S&P 500 TR
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| ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY | |
| Year | | VGELX | Category | Diff | | 2009 | | | N/A | N/A | N/A | | 2008 | | | -42.83 | -51.12 | 8.29 | | 2007 | | | 37.11 | 42.09 | -4.98 | | 2006 | | | 19.75 | 12.05 | 7.70 | | 2005 | | | 44.67 | 46.33 | -1.66 | | 2004 | | | 36.73 | 33.42 | 3.31 | | 2003 | | | 33.89 | 32.28 | 1.61 | | 2002 | | | -0.56 | -11.49 | 10.93 | | 2001 | | | N/A | -13.13 | N/A | | 2000 | | | N/A | 45.89 | N/A | | 1999 | | | N/A | 32.83 | N/A |
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| PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR
VGELX | |
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | | 2009 | -5.12 | 20.97 | 14.02 | N/A | | 2008 | -5.72 | 21.07 | -30.45 | -27.98 | | 2007 | 3.07 | 15.74 | 7.38 | 7.04 | | 2006 | 11.44 | 4.55 | -7.37 | 10.95 | | 2005 | 14.52 | 7.17 | 22.03 | -3.41 | | 2004 | 7.34 | 7.13 | 10.81 | 7.31 | | 2003 | 1.01 | 11.73 | 1.63 | 16.73 | | 2002 | 11.84 | -4.36 | -13.82 | 7.87 | | 2001 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | | 2000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | | 1999 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) | |
| Period | Rank | Funds in Category | % Rank | | Year To Date | 38 | 79 | 48.10 | | 1-Month | 11 | 79 | 13.92 | | 3-Month | 36 | 79 | 45.57 | | 6-Month | 38 | 79 | 48.10 | | 1-Year | 31 | 72 | 43.06 | | 3-Year | 11 | 65 | 16.92 | | 5-Year | 4 | 45 | 8.89 |
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