Yahoo! FinanceFinance Home - My Yahoo - Yahoo! - Help 

Saturday, December 5, 2009, 10:47AM ET - U.S. Markets Closed. Dow Up 0.22% Nasdaq Up 0.98%
Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Adm (VCSAX)On Dec 4: 33.58  Up 0.19 (0.57%)  
MORE ON VCSAX
Quotes
Charts
News & Info
Fund
HereProfile
Analyst


Profile  As of 31-Oct-09Get Profile for:
Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Adm
PO Box 2600 Valley Forge PA 19482
Map
Phone: 800-997-2798
Free prospectuses for
more than 1,000 funds!
View List of Free Prospectuses
FUND OVERVIEW 
Category:Consumer Staples
Fund Family:Vanguard
Net Assets:29.41M
Year-to-Date Return:12.30%
Yield:1.78%
Morningstar Rating:3 stars
Fund Inception Date:30-Jan-04
MORNINGSTAR STYLE BOX 
Consumer Staples
[View Category Definition]
View Top Consumer Staples Funds
About the Morningstar Style Box
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION 
Gerard C. O'Reilly
Lead Manager since 26-Jan-04
O'REILLY has been with Vanguard since 1992; O'REILLY has managed stock index portfolios since 1994.
INVESTMENT INFORMATION 
Min Initial Investment:$100,000
Min Initial Investment, IRA:$100,000
Min Initial Investment, AIP:$100,000
Min Subsequent Investment:$100
Min Subsequent Investment, IRA:$100
Min Subsequent Investment, AIP:$50
VCSAX can be purchased from 14 brokerages.
FUND SUMMARY 
The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of consumer staples stocks. The fund employs a passive management investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Consumer Staples index. This index consists of stocks of large, medium-size, and small U.S. companies within the consumer staples sector. It includes manufacturers and distributors of food, beverages, and tobacco, as well as producers of nondurable household goods and personal products. The fund is nondiversified.
FUND OPERATIONS 
Last Dividend (19-Dec-08): 0.57
Last Cap Gain (21-Dec-04): 0.12
Annual Holdings Turnover YFT_NOT_APPLICABLE_ABBREVIATION
Average for Category: 304.63%
FEES & EXPENSES 
ExpenseVCSAXCategory
Avg
Total Expense Ratio:0.28% 1.52%
Max 12b1 Fee:% N/A
Max Front End Sales Load:% 4.65%
Max Deferred Sales Load:% 2.60%
3 Yr Expense Projection*: $ 90$783
5 Yr Expense Projection*: $ 157$993
10 Yr Expense Projection*: $ 356$1,986
* Per $10,000 invested


Add to My Portfolio Add to Portfolio    Set Alert Set Alert    Email to a Friend Email to a Friend
Get Profile for Another Symbol: Symbol Lookup
Top Performers by StyleMorningstar Editorials