By having a larger weight in secular growth sectors (including materials, industrials, consumer discretionary and healthcare), A-shares provide access to sectors of the economy currently under - represented
in other share classes.
Coupled with its quality holdings, below average fees make RVFIX (and
other share classes of the fund) more attractive.
Not all Vanguard funds are available as both funds and ETFs, but Vanguard makes it pretty easy to find out if a fund has
other share classes available by listing (and linking to) additional share classes right under a Fund's name.
By having a larger weight in secular growth sectors, A-shares provide access to sectors of the economy currently under - represented
in other share classes.
Volatility represented by annualized standard deviation of monthly returns for Institutional shares,
all other share classes will vary, from first month - end after inception (2/28/89).
Morningstar Rating is for the share class indicated only (see ticker);
other share classes may have different performance characteristics.
Ratings for
other share classes may vary.
Other share classes may have different ratings.
Ratings are for the share class cited only;
other share classes have different performance and different Morningstar Ratings.
Morningstar Rating is for the share class indicated only (see Ticker),
other share classes may have different performance characteristics.
Other Share Classes — There are other share classes but most of them are used in retirement plans.
(Where the same fund is available in different share classes, we have linked only one share class in order to avoid duplication, and included pertinent information on
the other share classes.)