ETFdb Realtime Rating & Analyst Report for VIS
VIS is a passive ETF that seeks to replicate the MSCI US Investable Market Industrials 25/50 Index. The index consists of stocks of large, medium, and small U.S. companies in the industrials sector. This sector is made up of companies whose businesses are dominated by one of the following activities: the manufacture and distribution of capital goods (including aerospace and defense, construction, engineering and building products, electrical equipment, and industrial machinery); the provision of commercial services and supplies (including printing, employment, environmental, and office services); or the provision of transportation services (including airlines, couriers, marine, road and rail, and transportation infrastructure).
| ETFdb Category | Expense Ratio | Inception Date | Issuer | Structure | YTD Return * |
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| Industrials Equities | 0.19% | 2004-09-23 | Vanguard | ETF | +5.28% |
* As of 05-24-2012
VIS Realtime Rating: By Metric
| Metric | Metric Realtime Rating | A+ Metric Rated ETF |
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| Liquidity | A | XLI |
| Expenses | A | XLI |
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The first adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for VIS on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, and concentration of holdings. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Industrials Equities ETFdb Category with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field.
VIS Realtime Rating: Overall
| ETFdb Rating Type | Overall Rating | A+ Overall Rated ETF |
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The second table shows the overall Realtime Rating for VIS, as well as the A+ Overall Rated ETF in VIS's Category. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
ETFdb Analyst Report for VIS
This ETF is one of several options offering exposure to the U.S. industrials sector, offering a way to access a corner of the U.S. economy that includes transportation firms, providers of commercial and professional services, and manufacturers of capital goods. Given the sector-specific focus, VIS...
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