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Market Intelligence Center  Apr 16  Comment 
Vanguard Financials Index (AMEX: VFH) closed Monday's trading session at $37.69. In the past year, the ETF has hit a 52-week low of $28.35 and 52-week high of $38.93. Vanguard Financials Index (VFH) has been showing support around $37.08 and...
Forbes  Apr 12  Comment 
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH) shows an impressive 11.5% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months.
Market Intelligence Center  Mar 27  Comment 
Vanguard Financials Index (AMEX: VFH) closed Tuesday's trading session at $38.12. In the past year, the ETF has hit a 52-week low of $28.35 and 52-week high of $38.55. Vanguard Financials Index (VFH) has been showing support around $37.83 and...
Market Intelligence Center  Oct 15  Comment 
Vanguard Financials Index (AMEX:VFH) closed Friday's meandering trading session at $33.07. In the past year, the ETF has hit a 52-week low of $24.90 and 52-week high of $34.54. Vanguard Financials Index (VFH) has been showing support around $32.74...
Forbes  Aug 2  Comment 
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH) shows an impressive 10.3% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months.
Forbes  Jul 24  Comment 
A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH) shows an impressive 10.7% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months.
Market Intelligence Center  Jul 16  Comment 
Vanguard Financials Index (AMEX:VFH) closed Friday's winning trading session at $31.28. In the past year, the ETF has hit a 52-week low of $23.00 and 52-week high of $33.37. Vanguard Financials Index (VFH) has been showing support around $30.47...
Market Intelligence Center  Jul 2  Comment 
Vanguard Financials Index (AMEX:VFH) closed Friday's positive trading session at $31.06. In the past year, the ETF has hit a 52-week low of $23.00 and 52-week high of $33.37. Vanguard Financials Index (VFH) has been showing support around $30.71...
Market Intelligence Center  Jun 8  Comment 
Vanguard Financials Index (AMEX: VFH) closed Thursday's trading session at $29.72. In the past year, the ETF has hit a 52-week low of $23.00 and 52-week high of $33.37. Vanguard Financials Index (VFH) has been showing support around $29.24 and...
Forbes  Jun 1  Comment 
In trading on Friday, shares of the Vanguard Financials ETF (AMEX: VFH) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $28.73 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical...




 
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Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH)

Overview

The Vanguard Financials ETF is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Financials 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 Financials Index, an index of stocks of large, medium, and small U.S. companies in the financials sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). This GICS sector is made up of companies involved in activities such as banking, mortgage finance, consumer finance, specialized finance, investment banking and brokerage, asset management and custody, corporate lending, insurance, financial investment, and real estate (including REITs).

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Fund Information

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

Top Holdings

Rank Holding
1JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2Bank of America Corp.
3Wells Fargo & Co.
4Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
5Citigroup Inc.
6US Bancorp
7Morgan Stanley
8American Express Co.
9Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B
10Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Holdings as of 12/08/2009

Other Financial ETFs

ETF Name Fund Manager Expense Ratio
First Trust Financial AlphaDEX Fund (FXO)First Trust Portfolios L.P0.70%
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector Index Fund (IYF)ishares0.48%
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index Fund (IYG)ishares0.48%
iShares S&P Global Financials Sector Index Fund (IXG)ishares0.48%
Powershares Dynamic Financials Sector Portfolio ETF (PFI)Invesco PowerShares0.60%
Powershares Financial Preferred Portfolio ETF (PGF)Invesco PowerShares0.60%
ProShares Short Financials ETF (SEF)ProShares ETFs0.95%
ProShares Short Financials ETF (SEF)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares Ultra Financials ETF (UYG)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares Ultra Financials ETF (UYG)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares UltraShort Financials ETF (SKF)ProShares ETFs0.95%
ProShares UltraShort Financials ETF (SKF)ProShares ETFs0.95%
Rydex 2x S&P Select Sector Financial ETF (RFL)Rydex ETF Trust0.70%
Rydex 2x S&P Select Sector Financial ETF (RFL)Rydex ETF Trust0.70%
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P Select Sector Financial ETF (RFN)Rydex ETF Trust0.70%
Rydex Inverse 2x S&P Select Sector Financial ETF (RFN)Rydex ETF Trust0.70%
Rydex S&P Equal Weight Financials ETF (RYF)Rydex ETF Trust0.50%
SPDR S&P International Financial Sector ETF (IPF)State Street Global Markets, LLC0.50%
Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH)Vanguard Group, Inc.0.25%
WisdomTree International Financial Sector Fund (DRF)WisdomTree Investments, Inc.0.58%
Horizons BetaPro S&P/TSX Capped Financials Bear Plus ETF (HFD-TSX)Horizons BetaPro ETFs1.15%
Horizons BetaPro S&P/TSX Capped Financials Bull Plus ETF (HFU-TSX)Horizons BetaPro ETFs1.15%
iShares CDN Financial Sector Index Fund (XFN-TSX)iShares0.55%

References

  1. - Overview of Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH)
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