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Fact Sheet : VTSAX performance, returns, expense ratio, holdings and dividend yield;

: VTSAX performance, returns, expense ratio, holdings and dividend yield; Analysis : VTSAX buy or sell; the pros and cons of investing in VTSAX mutual fund;

: VTSAX buy or sell; the pros and cons of investing in VTSAX mutual fund; Alternatives: other ETFs and mutual funds you should consider as alternatives to VTSAX.

And here is the list of questions we’ll answer:

Describe Vanguard Index Funds: Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund; Admiral Class Shares (VTSAX). What are VTSAX holdings? What is VTSAX performance? What are VTSAX historical returns? How many up and down years did VTSAX have historically? What is VTSAX dividend yield? What is VTSAX minimum initial investment amount? What is VTSAX expense ratio? Does VTSAX have any sales loads or 12b-1 distribution expenses? What is VTSAX tax efficiency (tax-cost ratio)? What is VTSAX beta? How would you assess VTSAX risk? What is VTSAX Sharpe ratio? What is VTSAX Finny Score? VTSAX buy or sell? What are the pros of investing in VTSAX? What are VTSAX buy reasons? What are the cons of investing in VTSAX? What are VTSAX sell reasons? Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VTI. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VFIAX. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VOO. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs SPY. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VTSMX. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs FSKAX. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs FZROX. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VWUSX. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs SWTSX. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VTWAX. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VBIAX. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VTIAX. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VYM.

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Fact Sheet

1. Describe Vanguard Index Funds: Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund; Admiral Class Shares (VTSAX). The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach to track the performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index. The Fund invests by holding a collection of securities that approximates the Index.

2. What are VTSAX top holdings? VTSAX has 3,571 stock holdings and 2 bond holdings. The top 10 holdings represent 21.72% of total assets. Here are the top holdings: Name Symbol % Assets Microsoft Corp MSFT 4.71% Apple Inc AAPL 4.28% Amazon.com Inc AMZN 3.47% Facebook Inc A FB 1.82% Alphabet Inc A GOOGL 1.46% Alphabet Inc Class C GOOG 1.39% Johnson & Johnson JNJ 1.32% Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B BRK.B 1.18% Visa Inc Class A V 1.12% Procter & Gamble Co PG 0.97%

3. What is VTSAX performance? What are VTSAX historical returns? VTSAX has generated the following returns: 1-month return is 3.49% ;

; 3-month return is 10.39% ;

; 1-year return is 18.20% ;

; 3-year return is 12.97% ;

; 5-year return is 13.87% ;

; 10-year return is 14.06% ;

; 15-year return is 9.42%.

4. How many up and down years did VTSAX have historically? In the last 10 years, VTSAX had 9 up years and 1 down year.

5. What is VTSAX dividend yield? VTSAX yield is 1.76%.

6. What is VTSAX minimum initial investment amount? VTSAX minimum initial investment amount is $10.00K.

7. What is VTSAX expense ratio? VTSAX expense ratio is 0.04%. The expense ratio of a fund is the total percentage of fund assets used for administrative, management, and all other expenses.

8. Does VTSAX have any sales loads or 12b-1 distribution expenses? VTSAX 12b-1 distribution fee is 0. VTSAX front-end sales load is 0. VTSAX back-end sales load is 0.

9. What is VTSAX tax efficiency (tax-cost ratio)? 1-year ax cost ratio is 0.47% ;

; 3-year ax cost ratio is 0.56%.

10. What is VTSAX beta? How would you assess VTSAX risk? 3-year beta is 1.04 ;

; 5-year beta is 1.04 ;

; 10-year beta is 1.04 ;

; 15-year beta is 1.03.

11. What is VTSAX Sharpe ratio? 3-year Sharpe ratio is 0.53 ;

; 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.62 ;

; 10-year Sharpe ratio is 0.95 ;

; 15-year Sharpe ratio is 0.59.

Analysis

12. What is Finny Score? buy or sell? Finny Score is 100. Our quantitative analysis shows 5 reasons to buy and 0 reasons to sell it, resulting in the Finny Score of 100.

13. What are the pros of investing in VTSAX? What are VTSAX buy reasons? The following are VTSAX strengths from our perspective: VTSAX net assets are $252.53 billion. This fund is a popular choice with retail and institutional investors.

VTSAX 10-year return is 14.06%, which is in line with the 10-year return of the benchmark index (CRSP US Total Market TR USD), 14.63%.

VTSAX 15-year return is 9.42%, which is in line with the 15-year return of the benchmark index (CRSP US Total Market TR USD), 9.45%.

VTSAX expense ratio is 0.04%, which is considered low. Nice job picking a low-cost fund.

Good news: this fund does not have 12b1, front-end or back-end sales fees.

14. What are the cons of investing in VTSAX? What are VTSAX negatives? There are no visible red flags.

Alternatives

15. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VTI. VTSAX is a mutual fund, whereas VTI is an ETF. VTSAX has a lower 5-year return than VTI (13.87% vs 13.88%). VTSAX has a higher expense ratio than VTI (0.04% vs 0.03%). Below is the comparison between VTSAX and VTI. VTSAX VTI Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend Equity: U.S. - Total Market Net Assets $252.53B $128.53B Expense Ratio 0.04% 0.03% Management Style passive (index-based) passive (index-based) Underlying Index N/A CRSP US Total Market Index YTD Return 6.94% 6.98% 1-Year Return 18.2% 18.14% 3-Year Return 12.97% 12.98% 5-Year Return 13.87% 13.88% 10-Year Return 14.06% 14.07% Dividend Yield 1.76% 1.88% VTI profile: The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach to track the performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index. The Fund invests by holding a collection of securities that approximates the Index. For further information, check out VTSAX vs VTI comparison details.

16. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VFIAX. Both VTSAX and VFIAX are mutual funds. VTSAX has a lower 5-year return than VFIAX (13.87% vs 14.54%). VTSAX and VFIAX have the same expense ratio (0.04%). Below is the comparison between VTSAX and VFIAX. VTSAX VFIAX Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend U.S. Equity: Large Blend Net Assets $252.53B $319.62B Expense Ratio 0.04% 0.04% Management Style passive (index-based) passive (index-based) Underlying Index N/A N/A YTD Return 6.94% 7.45% 1-Year Return 18.2% 18.9% 3-Year Return 12.97% 13.61% 5-Year Return 13.87% 14.54% 10-Year Return 14.06% 14.3% Dividend Yield 1.76% 1.87% VFIAX profile: The Fund seeks to track the performance of its benchmark index, the S&P 500. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach. The Fund attempts to replicate the target index by investing all of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index with the same approximate weightings as the Index. For further information, check out VTSAX vs VFIAX comparison details.

17. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VOO. VTSAX is a mutual fund, whereas VOO is an ETF. VTSAX has a lower 5-year return than VOO (13.87% vs 14.55%). VTSAX has a higher expense ratio than VOO (0.04% vs 0.03%). Below is the comparison between VTSAX and VOO. VTSAX VOO Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend Equity: U.S. - Large Cap Net Assets $252.53B $127.99B Expense Ratio 0.04% 0.03% Management Style passive (index-based) passive (index-based) Underlying Index N/A S&P 500 YTD Return 6.94% 7.45% 1-Year Return 18.2% 18.87% 3-Year Return 12.97% 13.61% 5-Year Return 13.87% 14.55% 10-Year Return 14.06% 14.3% Dividend Yield 1.76% 1.98% VOO profile: The Fund seeks to track the performance of its benchmark index, the S&P 500. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach. The Fund attempts to replicate the target index by investing all of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index with the same approximate weightings as the Index. For further information, check out VTSAX vs VOO comparison details.

18. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs SPY. VTSAX is a mutual fund, whereas SPY is an ETF. VTSAX has a lower 5-year return than SPY (13.87% vs 14.48%). VTSAX has a lower expense ratio than SPY (0.04% vs 0.09%). Below is the comparison between VTSAX and SPY. VTSAX SPY Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend Equity: U.S. - Large Cap Net Assets $252.53B $252.39B Expense Ratio 0.04% 0.09% Management Style passive (index-based) passive (index-based) Underlying Index N/A S&P 500 YTD Return 6.94% 7.56% 1-Year Return 18.2% 18.86% 3-Year Return 12.97% 13.58% 5-Year Return 13.87% 14.48% 10-Year Return 14.06% 14.22% Dividend Yield 1.76% 1.99% SPY profile: The Trust seeks investment results that, before expenses, generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the component common stocks of the S&P 500 Index. For further information, check out VTSAX vs SPY comparison details.

19. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VTSMX. Both VTSAX and VTSMX are mutual funds. VTSAX has a higher 5-year return than VTSMX (13.87% vs 13.75%). VTSAX has a lower expense ratio than VTSMX (0.04% vs 0.14%). Below is the comparison between VTSAX and VTSMX. VTSAX VTSMX Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend U.S. Equity: Large Blend Net Assets $252.53B $139.68B Expense Ratio 0.04% 0.14% Management Style passive (index-based) passive (index-based) Underlying Index N/A N/A YTD Return 6.94% 6.87% 1-Year Return 18.2% 18.08% 3-Year Return 12.97% 12.85% 5-Year Return 13.87% 13.75% 10-Year Return 14.06% 13.93% Dividend Yield 1.76% 1.67% VTSMX profile: The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of the overall stock market. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach to track the performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index. The Fund invests by holding a collection of securities that approximates the Index. For further information, check out VTSAX vs VTSMX comparison details.

20. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs FSKAX. Both VTSAX and FSKAX are mutual funds. VTSAX has a higher 5-year return than FSKAX (13.87% vs 13.84%). VTSAX has a higher expense ratio than FSKAX (0.04% vs 0.02%). Below is the comparison between VTSAX and FSKAX. VTSAX FSKAX Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend U.S. Equity: Large Blend Net Assets $252.53B $50.60B Expense Ratio 0.04% 0.02% Management Style passive (index-based) N/A Underlying Index N/A N/A YTD Return 6.94% 6.8% 1-Year Return 18.2% 18.12% 3-Year Return 12.97% 12.9% 5-Year Return 13.87% 13.84% 10-Year Return 14.06% 14.01% Dividend Yield 1.76% 1.8% FSKAX profile: The Fund seeks to provide investment results corresponding to the total return of a broad range of United States stocks. The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in common stocks included in the Dow Jones US Total Stock Market Index, which represents the performance of a broad range of U.S. stocks. For further information, check out VTSAX vs FSKAX comparison details.

21. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs FZROX. Both VTSAX and FZROX are mutual funds. Below is the comparison between VTSAX and FZROX. VTSAX FZROX Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend Net Assets $252.53B $4.87B Expense Ratio 0.04% N/A Management Style passive (index-based) N/A Underlying Index N/A N/A YTD Return 6.94% 6.7% 1-Year Return 18.2% 18.25% 3-Year Return 12.97% N/A 5-Year Return 13.87% N/A 10-Year Return 14.06% N/A Dividend Yield 1.76% 1.45% FZROX profile: The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the total return of a broad range of US stocks. It invests its assets in common stocks included in the Fidelity US Total Investable Market Index,a float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index designed to reflect the performance of the US equity market. For further information, check out VTSAX vs FZROX comparison details.

22. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VWUSX. Both VTSAX and VWUSX are mutual funds. VTSAX has a lower 5-year return than VWUSX (13.87% vs 20.79%). VTSAX has a lower expense ratio than VWUSX (0.04% vs 0.39%). Below is the comparison between VTSAX and VWUSX. VTSAX VWUSX Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend U.S. Equity: Large Growth Net Assets $252.53B $9.26B Expense Ratio 0.04% 0.39% Management Style passive (index-based) active Underlying Index N/A N/A YTD Return 6.94% 37.28% 1-Year Return 18.2% 49.62% 3-Year Return 12.97% 25.64% 5-Year Return 13.87% 20.79% 10-Year Return 14.06% 18.65% Dividend Yield 1.76% 0.28% VWUSX profile: The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in equity securities of corporations based in the United States. The fund invests mainly in large-capitalization stocks of seasoned U.S. companies with above-average earnings growth and reasonable stock prices. For further information, check out VTSAX vs VWUSX comparison details.

23. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs SWTSX. Both VTSAX and SWTSX are mutual funds. VTSAX has a higher 5-year return than SWTSX (13.87% vs 13.78%). VTSAX has a higher expense ratio than SWTSX (0.04% vs 0.03%). Below is the comparison between VTSAX and SWTSX. VTSAX SWTSX Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend U.S. Equity: Large Blend Net Assets $252.53B $11.04B Expense Ratio 0.04% 0.03% Management Style passive (index-based) passive (index-based) Underlying Index N/A N/A YTD Return 6.94% 6.77% 1-Year Return 18.2% 18.07% 3-Year Return 12.97% 12.85% 5-Year Return 13.87% 13.78% 10-Year Return 14.06% 13.98% Dividend Yield 1.76% 1.68% SWTSX profile: The Fund seeks to track the total return of the entire U.S. stock market as measured by the Wilshire 5000 Equity Index. For further information, check out VTSAX vs SWTSX comparison details.

24. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VTWAX. Both VTSAX and VTWAX are mutual funds. VTSAX has a higher 5-year return than VTWAX (13.87% vs 10.51%). VTSAX has a lower expense ratio than VTWAX (0.04% vs 0.1%). Below is the comparison between VTSAX and VTWAX. VTSAX VTWAX Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend Net Assets $252.53B $2.37B Expense Ratio 0.04% 0.1% Management Style passive (index-based) N/A Underlying Index N/A N/A YTD Return 6.94% 2.27% 1-Year Return 18.2% 13.26% 3-Year Return 12.97% 8% 5-Year Return 13.87% 10.51% 10-Year Return 14.06% 9.32% Dividend Yield 1.76% N/A VTWAX profile: The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks of companies located in developed and emerging markets around the world. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap Index and attempts to sample the index. For further information, check out VTSAX vs VTWAX comparison details.

25. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VBIAX. Both VTSAX and VBIAX are mutual funds. VTSAX has a higher 5-year return than VBIAX (13.87% vs 10.26%). VTSAX has a lower expense ratio than VBIAX (0.04% vs 0.07%). Below is the comparison between VTSAX and VBIAX. VTSAX VBIAX Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend U.S. Balanced: Allocation--50% to 70% Equity Net Assets $252.53B $33.59B Expense Ratio 0.04% 0.07% Management Style passive (index-based) passive (index-based) Underlying Index N/A N/A YTD Return 6.94% 7.73% 1-Year Return 18.2% 14.11% 3-Year Return 12.97% 10.27% 5-Year Return 13.87% 10.26% 10-Year Return 14.06% 10.1% Dividend Yield 1.76% 2.12% VBIAX profile: The Fund seeks to track, with respect to 60% of its assets, investment performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index, and with respect to 40% of its assets, investment performance of the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index. For further information, check out VTSAX vs VBIAX comparison details.

26. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VTIAX. Both VTSAX and VTIAX are mutual funds. VTSAX has a higher 5-year return than VTIAX (13.87% vs 6.49%). VTSAX has a lower expense ratio than VTIAX (0.04% vs 0.11%). Below is the comparison between VTSAX and VTIAX. VTSAX VTIAX Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend International Equity: Foreign Large Blend Net Assets $252.53B $79.87B Expense Ratio 0.04% 0.11% Management Style passive (index-based) passive (index-based) Underlying Index N/A N/A YTD Return 6.94% -3.85% 1-Year Return 18.2% 6.57% 3-Year Return 12.97% 2.12% 5-Year Return 13.87% 6.49% 10-Year Return 14.06% 4.85% Dividend Yield 1.76% 3.04% VTIAX profile: The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by companies located in developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States. The Fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index. For further information, check out VTSAX vs VTIAX comparison details.

27. Compare and contrast: VTSAX vs VYM. VTSAX is a mutual fund, whereas VYM is an ETF. VTSAX has a higher 5-year return than VYM (13.87% vs 9.48%). VTSAX has a lower expense ratio than VYM (0.04% vs 0.06%). Below is the comparison between VTSAX and VYM. VTSAX VYM Segment U.S. Equity: Large Blend Equity: U.S. - High Dividend Yield Net Assets $252.53B $23.93B Expense Ratio 0.04% 0.06% Management Style passive (index-based) passive (index-based) Underlying Index N/A FTSE High Dividend Yield Index Net TR US RIC YTD Return 6.94% -9.13% 1-Year Return 18.2% -0.23% 3-Year Return 12.97% 5.06% 5-Year Return 13.87% 9.48% 10-Year Return 14.06% 11.59% Dividend Yield 1.76% 3.52% VYM profile: The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of common stocks of companies that are characterized by high dividend yield. The Fund attempts to replicate the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index by investing substantially all of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index. For further information, check out VTSAX vs VYM comparison details.

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