Fund Research for Vanguard Wellington (VWELX)

  • Fund Overview

    Fund Inception Date: Jul 01, 1929
    Category: Moderate Allocation
    Overall Risk: Average
    Fund Family: Vanguard
    Return Since Inception: 8.05%
    YTD Return: 21.46%
    Yield (TTM): 3.34%
    Net Assets: 26.97 B
    Morningstar Rating:
    5 of 5
    Morningstar Rating as of 10/31/2009
    YTD Returns as of 11/27/2009
    The investment seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and reasonable current income. The fund invests 60% to 70% of assets in dividend-paying and, to a lesser extent, non-dividend-paying common stocks of established, medium-size and large companies. It invests 30% to 40% of the fund's assets mainly in fixed income securities. These securities include investment-grade corporate bonds, with some exposure to U.S. Treasury and government agency bonds, and mortgage-backed securities.

    Stock Holdings


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    Size
    Average Market Cap $55,885.90 M
    Market Capitalization Portfolio
    Giant 60.89%
    Large 38.43%
    Medium 0.69%
    Small 0.00%
    Micro 0.00%

    Bond Holdings


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    Details
    Average Eff Duration 6.04 Yrs
    Average Eff Maturity 9.8 Yrs
    Average Credit Quality A
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    Style Box Detail calculations do not include the fund's short positions (if any) Style Box Detail calculations do not include the fund's short positions (if any)
  • Fund Performance

    10 year Growth Chart
    Growth of $10,000 from 12/31/1998 to 10/31/2009
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    Total Annualized Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Fund 21.46% 27.23% 1.47% 5.12% 5.71% 8.05%
    +/- Category -0.82% 0.30% 3.31% 3.06% 3.21%
    +/- Morningstar Moderate Target Risk 4.76%

    Standardized Annual Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Month (as of 10/31/2009) 16.46% 18.48% 0.27% 4.89% 5.71% 8.05%
    Quarter (as of 09/30/2009) 17.01% 4.53% 1.29% 5.21% 5.95% 8.07%
  • Fund Portfolio Profile

    Sector Breakdown

    Stocks
    Information 10.74%
    Service 26.18%
    Manufacturing 27.65%
    Bond Quality
    AAA 17.86%
    AA 18.63%
    A 48.22%
    BBB 14.10%
    BB 0.78%
    B 0.00%
    Below B 0.00%
    Not Rated 0.41%

    Asset Allocation

    Short Long Net Assets
    Cash 2.02% 2.02%
    Stocks 64.56% 64.56%
    Bonds 33.26% 33.26%
    Other 0.15% 0.15%
    Foreign Stocks
    (as a % of assets)
    13.89% 13.89%
    Data as of 09/30/2009 Data as of 09/30/2009 View Fund Portfolio

    Top 10 Holdings

    Stock Holdings Sector P/E Return as of 10/31/2009 Net Assets
    + AT&T INC (T) Telecom 13.36 -5.26% 2.38%
    = INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS (IBM) Hardware 12.96 45.87% 1.83%
    + CHEVRON CORP NEW (CVX) Energy 12.71 6.37% 1.76%
    + WELLS FARGO & CO NEW (WFC) Financial Services 10.28 -4.41% 1.50%
    = TOTAL S A (TOT) Energy 12.32% 1.45%
    = EXXON MOBIL CORP (XOM) Energy 17.37 -8.58% 1.30%
    + LILLY ELI & CO (LLY) Healthcare -13.06% 1.28%
    = JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (JPM) Financial Services 34.16 37.11% 1.23%
    = Schering-Plough Corporation (SGP) Healthcare 66.82% 1.08%
    Bond & Other Holdings Maturity Date Total Holdings Value of Holdings Net Assets
    + Paribas Triparty Mtge 807.1 M 807.1 M 1.89%
    + Increase - Decrease = No change * New since last portfolio
    Top 10 holdings account for the fund's short positions (if any). Net short positions appear shaded.
    P/E as of 11/27/2009
    All other data as of 07/31/2009

  • Sales Information

    Sales Charge %

    Initial
    Deferred
    Taken from prospectus dated 03/20/2009
    Expense Ratio (based on net assets) 0.29%
    Taken from annual report dated 11/30/2008

  • Fund Management