Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund | Prison industrial complex investments

Exchange-traded fund

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

TickerVWO

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This fund is clean for both of our prison industrial complex categories!

For each prison industrial complex category, click to see the breakdown of flagged holdings.

Prison industry

Incarceration and detention facilities, services in facilities, supervision and monitoring

0 direct stock holdings

Border industry

Incarceration and detention facilities, immigrant monitoring and surveillance, militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border

0 direct stock holdings

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Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund $VWO has no investments flagged by the Prison Free Funds list of companies involved in the prison industrial complex

Sustainability report card

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Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund VWO

Environment

Fossil fuels
Investments in coal, oil, and natural gas energy and utility companies, and related financial companies

Deforestation
Investments in deforestation-risk agricultural commodities, and related financial companies and consumer brands

Social

Gender equality
Gender equality group ranking, based on Equileap company data

N/A

Civilian firearms
Investments in civilian firearms manufacturers, and related gun retailers

Prison industrial complex
Investments in prisons and borders industry, including private prison operators

Military weapons
Investments in military arms manufacturers and services companies, including nuclear weapon manufacturers and servicers

Tobacco
Investments in tobacco and e-cigarette manufacturers, and tobacco-promoting entertainment companies

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Financial performance

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Current fund

VWO

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

Family

Vanguard

Category

Diversified Emerging Mkts

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Benchmark

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Foreign Large Blend

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Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 4/30/23

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: MSCI ACWI Ex USA

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

-1.88% less in annualized returns

Less invested in private prison operators

0.04% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0.69% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, border industry

1.05% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies

1.14% less invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

1.31% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

2.21% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

2.37% less invested

Current fund

VWO

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

Family

Vanguard

Category

Diversified Emerging Mkts

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Foreign Large Blend

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 4/30/23

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: MSCI ACWI Ex USA

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

-1.88% less in annualized returns

Less invested in private prison operators

0.04% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0.69% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, border industry

1.05% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies

1.14% less invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

1.31% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

2.21% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

2.37% less invested

Current fund

VWO

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

Family

Vanguard

Category

Diversified Emerging Mkts

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

ACWX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Foreign Large Blend

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 4/30/23

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: MSCI ACWI Ex USA

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

-1.88% less in annualized returns

Less invested in private prison operators

0.04% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0.69% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, border industry

1.05% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies

1.14% less invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

1.31% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

2.21% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

2.37% less invested

Month-end trailing returns

Performance as of date: 4/30/23

Morningstar suggested benchmark: MSCI ACWI Ex USA NR USD

Annualized returns

Flagged investments

1-yr

3-yr

5-yr

10-yr

This fund
VWO - Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund

-4.37%

6.14%

0.29%

2.01%

Benchmark

4.3%

9.82%

2.45%

3.89%

0.04%

Fund compared to benchmark

-8.67%

-3.68%

-2.16%

-1.88%

0.04% lower

Find more financial data on VWO at Morningstar.com

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