Description: The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks of international small-cap companies. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Global Small Cap ex US Index, a free-float-adjusted, market-capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity market performance of international small-capitalization stocks. The index includes approximately 3,050 stocks of companies located in 46 countries, including both developed and emerging markets.
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VSS Technical AnalysisExchange: NYSE ARCA
Country: US : United States of America
Currency: US Dollar ($)
Category: Foreign Small/Mid Blend
| Asset Allocation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Asset Class | Long % | Short % | Net Assets |
| Stock non-US | 94.79 | 0.00 | 94.79 |
| Cash | 4.80 | 0.87 | 3.93 |
| Stock US | 0.87 | 0.00 | 0.87 |
| Other | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.40 |
| NotClassified | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Sector Weights | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sector | Equity % | Relative to Category |
| Industrials | 18.89 | 21.89 |
| Technology | 13.72 | 11.39 |
| Consumer Cyclicals | 11.98 | 12.92 |
| Basic Materials | 11.60 | 9.84 |
| Financial Services | 11.52 | 11.79 |
| Real Estate | 9.70 | 8.16 |
| Healthcare | 6.62 | 6.84 |
| Energy | 4.71 | 4.88 |
| Consumer Defensive | 4.22 | 5.58 |
| Utilities | 3.85 | 3.03 |
| Communication Services | 3.18 | 3.69 |
| World Regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Region | Equity % | Relative to Category |
| Europe Developed | 22.53 | 31.58 |
| North America | 16.58 | 10.69 |
| Asia Emerging | 14.18 | 3.28 |
| Japan | 13.82 | 24.40 |
| Asia Developed | 13.02 | 6.37 |
| United Kingdom | 8.70 | 12.32 |
| Australasia | 5.75 | 7.84 |
| Africa/Middle East | 2.49 | 2.09 |
| Latin America | 2.09 | 1.08 |
| Europe Emerging | 0.87 | 0.33 |