S&P Dow Jones Indices’ benchmark methodology

 

S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (SPDJI) provides investors with a comprehensive suite of indexes around the world, covering approximately 12,000 securities in more than 80 countries. First published in 1957, the S&P 500 is the foremost gauge of large-cap U.S. equities.

The goal of S&P Dow Jones Indices’ U.S. equity index methodology is to provide an accurate reflection of the equity market and the overall U.S. economy. S&P Dow Jones Indices’ U.S. indexes enjoy nearly unparalleled brand recognition and respect for their building-block design, unique style evaluation and liquidity.

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Vanguard ETFs and their S&P Dow Jones Indices benchmarks

Vanguard ETF	Ticker	Target index	Total expense ratio
Dividend Appreciation ETF	VIG	S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index TR	0.06%
Extended Market ETF	VXF	S&P Completion Index	0.06%
Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF	VNQI	S&P Global ex U.S. Property Index	0.12%
International Dividend Appreciation ETF	VIGI	S&P Global Ex-U.S. Dividend Growers Index (USD) NTR	0.20%
S&P 500 ETF	VOO	S&P 500 Index	0.03%
S&P 500 Growth ETF	VOOG	S&P 500 Growth Index	0.10%
S&P 500 Value ETF	VOOV	S&P 500 Value Index	0.10%
S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF	VIOO	S&P SmallCap 600 Index	0.10%
S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating	VUAA	Standard and Poor’s 500 Index	0.07%
S&P 500 UCITS ETF (USD) Distributing	VUSD	Standard and Poor’s 500 Index	0.07%

 

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The Dow Jones indexes (the "Indexes") are products of Dow Jones Indexes, licensed trademarks of CME Group Index Services LLC ("CME"), and have been licensed for use. "Dow Jones®" and "Dow Jones Indexes" are service marks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings, LLC ("Dow Jones"), have been licensed to CME, and have been sublicensed for use for certain purposes by The Vanguard Group, Inc. The Vanguard Group Inc.'s funds and/or ETFs based on the Indexes are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, CME or their respective affiliates and Dow Jones, CME and their respective affiliates make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s).

All investments, including those that seek to track indexes, are subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal. Diversification does not ensure against a profit or protect against a loss in a declining market. While ETFs are designed to be as diversified as the original indexes they seek to track and can provide greater diversification than an individual investor may achieve independently, any given ETF may not be a diversified investment. Foreign investing involves additional risks, including currency fluctuations and political uncertainty.