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Vanguard ®
Vanguard 500 Index Fund
Domestic stock fund | Admiral™ Shares
Fund facts
Risk level Total net Expense ratio Ticker Turnover Inception Fund
Low High assets as of 04/29/22 symbol rate date number
1 2 3 4 5 $392,716 MM 0.04% VFIAX 2.1% 11/13/00 0540
Vanguard 500 Index Fund seeks to track the S&P 500 Index
performance of a benchmark index that measures
the investment return of large-capitalization Growth of a $10,000 investment : January 31, 2013—December 31, 2022
stocks.
$30,938
Investment strategy Fund as of 12/31/22
The fund employs a “passive management”—or $31,046
indexing—investment approach designed to track Benchmark
the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 as of 12/31/22
Index, a widely recognized benchmark of U.S. stock 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
market performance that is dominated by the
stocks of large U.S. companies. The fund attempts
Annual returns
to replicate the target index by investing all, or
substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that
make up the index, holding each stock in
approximately the same proportion as its weighting
in the index.
For the most up-to-date fund data, Annual returns 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
please scan the QR code below.
Fund 32.33 13.64 1.36 11.93 21.79 -4.43 31.46 18.37 28.66 -18.15
Benchmark 32.39 13.69 1.38 11.96 21.83 -4.38 31.49 18.40 28.71 -18.11
Total returns
Periods ended March 31, 2023
Total returns Quarter Year to date One year Three years Five years Ten years
Fund 7.49% 7.49% -7.77% 18.56% 11.15% 12.20%
Benchmark 7.50% 7.50% -7.73% 18.60% 11.19% 12.24%
The performance data shown represent past performance, which is not a guarantee of future results.
Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, so investors’ shares, when sold, may be worth more or
less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data cited.
For performance data current to the most recent month-end, visit our website at
vanguard.com/performance . The performance of an index is not an exact representation of any particular
investment, as you cannot invest directly in an index.
Figures for periods of less than one year are cumulative returns. All other figures represent average annual
returns. Performance figures include the reinvestment of all dividends and any capital gains distributions. All
returns are net of expenses.
S&P 500 Index: A widely used barometer of U.S. stock market performance; as a market-weighted index of leading companies in leading industries, it is dominated by
large-capitalization companies.
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Fact sheet | March 31, 2023
Investment Products: Not FDIC Insured • No Bank Guarantee • May Lose Value
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