What is a vtsmx fund?
About VTSMX. The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund tracks the CRSP U.S. Total Market Index and is designed to provide investors with exposure to the entire U.S. stock market. The index covers virtually all U.S. investible stocks. The fund falls into Morningstar’s large-blend category.
What is the vanguard total stock market index fund (TSM)?
The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund tracks the CRSP U.S. Total Market Index and is designed to provide investors with exposure to the entire U.S. stock market.
Is vtsmx a high-quality management team?
We find that high-quality management teams deliver superior performance relative to their benchmarks and/or peers. The Parent Pillar is our rating of VTSMX’s parent organization’s priorities and whether they’re in line with investors’ interests. One of the best funds for broad market exposure.
Can I invest in VTSMX?
The minimum initial investment is $3,000. The expense ratio is not quite as low as that of some competitors in the index fund space. The fund's admiral shares version offers an expense ratio of 0.04 percent with a $10,000 minimum investment.
Is VTSMX an ETF?
How ETFdb.com has selected ETF alternatives to VTSMX: The mutual fund VTSMX has been benchmarked by Vanguard against an index, MSCI US Broad Market Index, in its fund prospectus.
Is VTSMX the same as VTI?
The clearest distinction between VTI and VTSAX is that VTI is an ETF while VTSAX is a mutual fund. ETFs trade like stocks do with real-time pricing while the stock market is open.
Why is VTSMX closed?
With the minimum investment lowered for VTSAX, it has effectively replaced VTSMX, hence why Vanguard closed VTSMX to new investors. VTI instead of a index fund, it is an ETF.
Will VTSMX outperform in future?
Get our overall rating based on a fundamental assessment of the pillars below.
One of the best funds for broad market exposure
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index fund aims to replicate the composition of the US equity market, providing a broadly diversified and low-turnover portfolio for a cheap fee. All of its share classes earn Morningstar Analyst Ratings of Gold except for the Investor class, which receives a Silver rating due its higher fee.
What is Vanguard Total Stock Market Index?
The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund tracks the CRSP U.S. Total Market Index and is designed to provide investors with exposure to the entire U.S. stock market. The index covers virtually all U.S. investible stocks. The fund falls into Morningstar’s large-blend category.#N#The fund's top holdings are in Apple, Microsoft, Amazon.com, Facebook and Johnson & Johnson.#N#As of April 29, 2021, the fund has assets totaling almost $235.05 billion invested in 3,755 different holdings.#N#The fund places in the 50th percentile of Morningstar’s large-blend category for the trailing 12 months, the 30th percentile for the trailing three years, the 28th percentile for the trailing five years and the 18th percentile for the trailing10 years as of late December 2017. A category placement in the first percentile is the best, while a placement in the 100th percentile the worst.#N#The fund’s expense ratio is 0.15 percent, which is classified as low by Morningstar. The minimum initial investment is $3,000. The expense ratio is not quite as low as that of some competitors in the index fund space. The fund’s admiral shares version offers an expense ratio of 0.04 percent with a $10,000 minimum investment.#N#The fund’s risk compared to that of other funds in the large-blend peer group for the trailing three-, five- and 10-year periods is considered average by Morningstar. The level of return is above average for the trailing three-, five- and 10-year trailing periods relative to the fund’s peers.#N#As of Oct. 31, 2017, the fund’s makeup in terms of holdings by market capitalization and sectors was largely in line with that of the fund’s benchmark index.#N#The fund has returned 62.57 percent over the past year, 17.01 percent over the past three years, 16.54 percent over the past five years and 13.66 percent over the past decade.#N#The fund launched in April 1992. Parent company Vanguard is the largest mutual fund provider in the U.S. and offers a wide array of mutual funds and ETFs. Vanguard’s trademark is low-cost index products, but it also offers many actively managed funds. The company's low-cost approach has led to significant inflows of assets into its funds in recent years.
When did Vanguard start?
The fund launched in April 1992. Parent company Vanguard is the largest mutual fund provider in the U.S. and offers a wide array of mutual funds and ETFs. Vanguard’s trademark is low-cost index products, but it also offers many actively managed funds.
Objective
The investment seeks to track the performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the perform ance of the index, which represents approximately 100% of the investable U.S.
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