- What does VITNX invest in?
- The Vanguard Institutional Total Stock Market Index Fund's primary objective is to mirror the performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index. It achieves this by investing in a diverse array of U.S. equities, covering large, mid-sized, and small companies, and balancing both growth and value investment philosophies. The fund employs a passive management approach, utilizing index sampling techniques. Regarding 75% of its total assets, the fund typically refrains from purchasing more than 10% of any issuer's outstanding voting securities or investing over 5% of its total assets in a single issuer. These specific limitations, however, can be overridden if essential for approximating the composition of its target index. Furthermore, these restrictions do not apply to investments in obligations issued by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities.
- What is the expense ratio of VITNX?
- Vanguard Institutional Total Stock Market Index Fund Institutional Shares (VITNX) charges an expense ratio of 0.03%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.
- How big is VITNX?
- Vanguard Institutional Total Stock Market Index Fund Institutional Shares (VITNX) manages $34.70B in total assets. AUM determines bid-ask liquidity and the fund's vulnerability to closure — funds below ~$50M are at higher risk of liquidation.
- Is VITNX actively managed or an index fund?
- VITNX is a passive index fund — it tracks a published benchmark by holding the constituents in their published weights. Index funds typically charge low expense ratios (VITNX's is 0.03%) because there's no security selection cost.
- When was VITNX launched?
- Vanguard Institutional Total Stock Market Index Fund Institutional Shares (VITNX) launched in August 2001 and is managed by Vanguard.
- How has VITNX performed?
- VITNX's total return — price change plus reinvested distributions — is charted at the top of this page. Switch the price chart to Total Return and pick a 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, or 10-year window to read the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over each horizon.
