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Vanguard Energy ETF

VDE
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Sep 23 2004
Expense Ratio
0.10%
Type
US Equities
Fund Owner
Vanguard
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$67,049,716
AUM
$8,660,964,681
Associated Index
MSCI US Investable Market Energy 25/50 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus
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Top 10 Holdings

XOM
Exxon Mobil Corp.
22.81%
CVX
Chevron Corp.
14.84%
COP
Conoco Phillips
7.31%
SLB
SLB
4.27%
EOG
EOG Resources, Inc.
3.82%
MPC
Marathon Petroleum Corp
3.07%
PXD
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
2.82%
PSX
Phillips 66
2.66%
VLO
Valero Energy Corp.
2.38%
WMB
Williams Cos Inc
2.14%
Invest with VDE

What is VDE?

Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the energy sector. Passively managed using a full-replication strategy when possible and a sampling strategy if regulatory constraints dictate. Includes stocks of companies involved in the exploration and production of energy products such as oil natural gas and coal.

ETFs related toVDE

ETFs correlated to VDE include FENY, DIG, ERX

VDE
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Energy ETF
FENY
Fidelity Covington Trust - Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF
DIG
ProShares Trust - ProShares Ultra Energy
ERX
Direxion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X Shares
IYE
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares U.S. Energy ETF
XLE
SSgA Active Trust - The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund
OILU
Bank of Montreal - MicroSectors Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 3X Leveraged ETNs
RSPG
Invesco Capital Management LLC - Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Energy ETF
IXC
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Global Energy ETF
FTXN
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III - First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF
IGE
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares North American Natural Resources 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

VDE is a US Equities ETF. Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the energy sector. Passively managed using a full-replication strategy when possible and a sampling strategy if regulatory constraints dictate. Includes stocks of companies involved in the exploration and production of energy products such as oil natural gas and coal.

VDE tracks the MSCI US Investable Market Energy 25/50 Index.

No, VDE 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, VDE 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 VDE is 0.0507%. This is the percent change in the value of VDE over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on VDE is 0.1671%. This is the percent change in the value of VDE over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of VDE for the past year is 0.2748%. 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 VDE include XLI, XLY, and XLV.

ETFs correlated to VDE include FENY, DIG, and ERX.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to VDE include DUG, ERY, and OILD.

Disclaimers

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