Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF vs Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF trades at $58.85, while Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $56.07. The key difference: Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund is trading nearer its 52-week high, Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VWO | XLF | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $61.24 | $56.75 |
52-Week Low | $49.54 | $47.80 |
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The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the index in terms of key characteristics.
Read more on VWO →The fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: diversified financial services; insurance; banks; capital markets; mortgage real estate investment trusts; consumer finance; thrifts; and mortgage finance. The fund is non-diversified.
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