Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund

Shareclass

Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund (VFIFX)

Type

Open-end mutual fund

Manager

Vanguard

Target date

Vanguard Target Retirement Series

Flagged investments:

$8.74 BILLION, 11% of assets

Higher risk:

$747.89 MILLION, 0.97% of assets

Private prison operators:

$8.18 MILLION, 0.01% of assets

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

holdings

$5.68B

invested

7.34%

of portfolio

Border industry

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

holdings

$7.03B

invested

9.08%

of portfolio

This fund is invested in the following private prison operator companies:

All flagged holdings

91 holdings

1.
Microsoft Corp
$2.27B
2.93%
2.
Amazon.com Inc
$1.32B
1.71%
3.
Alphabet Inc Class A
$752.22M
0.97%
4.
Alphabet Inc Class C
$615.38M
0.8%
5.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B
$598.45M
0.77%

Higher risk
Private prison operator

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Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund $VFIFX is 11% ($8.74 BILLION) invested in companies with prison involvement

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Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund VFIFX

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

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

VFIFX

Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund

Family

Vanguard

Category

Target-Date 2050

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Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

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Investment timeline

Performance as of: 11/30/24

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: Not available

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

-4.4% less in annualized returns

More invested in private prison operators

0.01% more invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0.17% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, border industry

0.69% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies

0.66% less invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

7.69% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

8.75% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

11.06% less invested

Current fund

VFIFX

Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund

Family

Vanguard

Category

Target-Date 2050

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 11/30/24

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: Not available

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

-4.4% less in annualized returns

More invested in private prison operators

0.01% more invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0.17% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, border industry

0.69% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies

0.66% less invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

7.69% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

8.75% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

11.06% less invested

Current fund

VFIFX

Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund

Family

Vanguard

Category

Target-Date 2050

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 11/30/24

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: Not available

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

-4.4% less in annualized returns

More invested in private prison operators

0.01% more invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0.17% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, border industry

0.69% less invested

Less invested in higher risk companies

0.66% less invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

7.69% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

8.75% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

11.06% less invested

Month-end trailing returns

Performance as of date: 11/30/24

Morningstar suggested benchmark: Morningstar Mod Tgt Risk TR USD

Annualized returns

Flagged investments

1-yr

3-yr

5-yr

10-yr

This fund
VFIFX - Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund

24%

6.54%

10%

8.91%

0.01%

Benchmark

34%

11%

16%

13%

Fund compared to benchmark

-10.08%

-4.87%

-5.45%

-4.4%

0.01% higher

Find more financial data on VFIFX at Morningstar.com

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