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Vanguard Materials ETF

VAW
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Jan 26, 2004
Expense Ratio
0.10%
Type
US Equities
Fund Owner
Vanguard
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$8,925,763
AUM
$2,879,055,002
Associated Index
MSCI US Investable Market Materials 25/50 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus
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Top 10 Holdings

LIN
Linde Plc.
15.86%
SHW
Sherwin-Williams Co.
5.57%
APD
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
5.49%
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
4.79%
ECL
Ecolab, Inc.
3.94%
NUE
Nucor Corp.
3.62%
DOW
Dow Inc
3.23%
CTVA
Corteva Inc
3.00%
DD
DuPont de Nemours Inc
2.95%
PPG
PPG Industries, Inc.
2.79%
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What is VAW?

Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the materials sector. Passively managed using a full-replication strategy when possible and a sampling strategy if regulatory constraints dictate. Includes stocks of companies that extract or process raw materials.

ETFs related toVAW

ETFs correlated to VAW include FMAT, XLB, IYM

VAW
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Materials ETF
FMAT
Fidelity Covington Trust - Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF
XLB
SSgA Active Trust - Materials Select Sector SPDR
IYM
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF
FXZ
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III - First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund
JPME
J.P.Morgan Investment Management Inc. - JPMorgan Diversified Return U.S. Mid Cap Equity ETF
JHMM
John Hancock Investment Management LLC - John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap ETF
JPUS
J.P.Morgan Investment Management Inc. - JPMorgan Diversified Return U.S. Equity ETF
IWS
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF
FEX
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III - First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund
AVGE
American Century ETF Trust - Avantis All Equity Markets ETF

What is ETF correlation?

Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.

Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.

Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction

ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:

  • •Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
  • •Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
  • •Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.

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FAQ

VAW is a US Equities ETF. Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the materials sector. Passively managed using a full-replication strategy when possible and a sampling strategy if regulatory constraints dictate. Includes stocks of companies that extract or process raw materials.

VAW tracks the MSCI US Investable Market Materials 25/50 Index.

No, VAW is not actively managed. It is passively managed. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.

Yes, VAW is passively managed. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested.

The 1-month return on VAW is -0.0173%. This is the percent change in the value of VAW over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on VAW is -0.0132%. This is the percent change in the value of VAW over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of VAW for the past year is 0.2093%. Standard deviation is the typical amount that the daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

ETFs similar to VAW include XLI, XLY, and XLV.

ETFs correlated to VAW include FMAT, XLB, and IYM.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to VAW include TZA, TWM, and RWM.

Disclaimers

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