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Consumer Staples (VDC) Could Fall Through $103.42 Support Level
Market Intelligence Center  Jun 18  Comment 
Consumer Staples (AMEX: VDC) closed Monday's trading session at $104.59. In the past year, the ETF has hit a 52-week low of $85.34 and 52-week high of $107.13. Consumer Staples (VDC) has been showing support around $103.42 and resistance in the...
Bullish Two Hundred Day Moving Average Cross - VDC
Forbes  Jan 2  Comment 
In trading on Wednesday, shares of the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (AMEX: VDC) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $88.70, changing hands as high as $89.63 per share. Vanguard Consumer Staples shares are currently trading up about 1.8%...
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF -- Insider Buying Index Registering 14.4%
Forbes  Oct 5  Comment 
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (AMEX: VDC) shows an impressive 14.4% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months.
This ETF Holds Stocks Insiders Want to Own
Forbes  Sep 24  Comment 
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) shows an impressive 10.1% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months.
Insiders Buy the Holdings of VDC ETF
Forbes  Sep 14  Comment 
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) shows an impressive 10.2% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months.
Video: What's your best bet in ETFs?
The Globe and Mail  Aug 1  Comment 
The Globe and Mail's John Heinzl takes a closer look at the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF and what it can do for your portfolio.
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF -- Insider Buying Index Registering 17.2%
Forbes  Jul 17  Comment 
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (AMEX: VDC) shows an impressive 17.2% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months.




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Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC)

Overview

The Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund. The fund employs a "passive management" - or indexing - investment approach designed to track the performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) US Investable Market Consumer Staples Index, an index of stocks of large, medium, and small U.S. companies in the consumer staples sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). This GICS sector is made up of companies whose businesses are less sensitive to economic cycles. It includes manufacturers and distributors of food, beverages, and tobacco, as well as producers of nondurable household goods and personal products. It also includes food and drug retailing companies as well as hypermarkets and consumer supercenters. [1]

Fund Information

  • Fund Manager - Vanguard Group, Inc.
  • Inception Date - 01/26/2004
  • Exchange – NYSE Arca
  • Index Ticker – VDC
  • Intra-day NAV Ticker – VDC.IV
  • Expense Ratio - 0.25%

Top Holdings

Rank Holding
1Procter & Gamble Co.
2Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
3Coca-Cola Co.
4Philip Morris International Inc.
5PepsiCo Inc./NC
6CVS Caremark Corp.
7Kraft Foods Inc.
8Colgate-Palmolive Co.
9Walgreen Co.
10Altria Group Inc.
Holdings as of 12/08/2009


Other Consumer Product ETFs

Contents

ETF Name Fund Manager Expense Ratio
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY)State Street Global Markets, LLC0.21%
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP)State Street Global Markets, LLC0.21%
First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund (FXD)First Trust Portfolios L.P. 0.70%
First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (FXG)First Trust Portfolios L.P. 0.70%
First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU)First Trust Portfolios L.P0.70%
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Sector Index Fund (IYK)ishares0.48%
iShares S&P Global Consumer Discretionary Sector Index Fund (RXI)ishares0.48%
iShares S&P Global Consumers Staples Sector Index Fund (KXI)ishares0.48%
Powershares Dynamic Consumer Discretionary Sector Portfolio ETF (PEZ)Invesco PowerShares0.60%
Powershares Dynamic Consumer Staples Sector Portfolio ETF (PSL)Invesco PowerShares0.60%
Powershares Dynamic Consumer Staples Sector Portfolio ETF (PSL)Invesco PowerShares0.60%
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods ETF (UGE)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares Ultra Consumer Goods ETF (UGE)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services ETF (UCC)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares Ultra Consumer Services ETF (UCC)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods ETF (SZK)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Goods ETF (SZK)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services ETF (SCC)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services ETF (SCC)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
SPDR S&P International Consumer Discretionary Sector ETF (IPD)State Street Global Markets, LLC0.50%
SPDR S&P International Consumer Staples Sector ETF (IPS)State Street Global Markets, LLC0.50%
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (VCR)Vanguard Group, Inc.0.25%
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC)Vanguard Group, Inc.0.25%
WisdomTree International Consumer Cyclical Sector Fund (DPC)WisdomTree Investments, Inc.0.58%
WisdomTree International Consumer Non-Cyclical Fund (DPN)WisdomTree Investments, Inc.0.58%


References

  1. ↑ - Overview of Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC)
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