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About Vanguard Materials ETF
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Inception date
Jan 26, 2004
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
The fund offers broad exposure to the US basic materials segment thanks to a highly representative market cap-weighted index. The fund holds materials companies, stretching across multiple sub-industries from the broadly defined space. The underlying index uses GICS classification to include companies that manufacture chemicals, construction materials, glass, paper, forest products, and packaging products, as well as metals, minerals, and mining companies. Certain investment limits are applied for RICs to help ensure diversification. The index is rebalanced on a quarterly basis.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Process Industries
Non-Energy Minerals
Stocks99.60%
Process Industries66.56%
Non-Energy Minerals29.35%
Consumer Non-Durables2.35%
Producer Manufacturing0.72%
Energy Minerals0.37%
Electronic Technology0.14%
Industrial Services0.10%
Health Services0.02%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.40%
Cash0.40%
Stock breakdown by region
North America78.43%
Europe21.57%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history