Mutual Fund Insights: Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX)

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See Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $9.43 on 3/10/2010, Change: +0.05 (0.53%)

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Fund Manager - William E. Ricks

Fund Manager Tenure: 2.7 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: C (Score: 0.53)     (What does this score mean?)

Ricks is Americas Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer at AXA Rosenberg. He has worked in investment management with AXA Rosenberg since 1989, including trading, operations, portfolio engineering, and portfolio construction.  Get more insights on William E. Ricks

  

 What we like about Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX)

Data for Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) as of January 31, 2010

• Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) is less volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 20.4, lower than category average of 20.74
• Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) has a lower management fee than its Large Value average: 0.52% vs 1.28%
• Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX)

Data for Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) as of January 31, 2010

• Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) management has been with Vanguard US Value Fund for only 2.7 years, it is hard to judge manager's ability based on this fund's operation record
• Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) has a less-than-ideal short-term performance (1-year return 25.47% vs 32.89% Large Value category average)
• Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -10.72% vs -8.60% Large Value category average)
• Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) has a less-than-ideal Long-term performance (5-year return -2.07% vs -0.19% Large Value category average)
• Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
• Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) is less safe compared to its Large Value peers
• Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 74.00% that is higher than the Large Value average of 69.44%. This could mean Vanguard US Value is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
• Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of -3.63 is worse than category average of -1.25, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.55

See Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$483.22M
11/2009	$508.69M
10/2009	$495.97M

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Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	3.64%	95.59%	0.76%	0%
06/2009	3.76%	96.25%	0%	0%
03/2009	5.57%	94.36%	0%	0.07%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Vanguard US Value Fund (VUVLX)

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30-Sep-09 EXXON MOBIL CP [4.07%] CMT Market Liquidity Rate [3.63%] JP MORGAN CHASE CO [3.18%] PFIZER INC [3%] GEN ELECTRIC CO [2.61%] WELLS FARGO & CO NEW [2.4%] AT&T INC. [2.3%] CHEVRON CORP [2.08%] GOLDMAN SACHS GRP [2.08%] BK OF AMERICA CP [1.95%]

30-Jun-09 EXXON MOBIL CP [5.45%] PFIZER INC [3.2%] CMT Market Liquidity Rate [2.89%] JP MORGAN CHASE CO [2.74%] AT&T INC. [2.54%] CHEVRON CORP [2.33%] WELLS FARGO & CO NEW [2.29%] Amgen Inc. [2.1%] GEN ELECTRIC CO [2.05%] THE TRAVELERS CO [1.96%]

31-Mar-09 Exxon Mobil Corp. [6.34%] Verizon Communications Inc [3.46%] Pfizer Inc [2.98%] AT&T Inc [2.82%] Chevron Corporation [2.78%] Amgen Inc. [2.62%] JPMorgan Chase & Co. [2.52%] Travelers Companies Inc (The) [1.96%] Johnson & Johnson [1.94%] General Electric Co [1.86%]

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