C000065037 Fees and Costs — Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund, Investor Shares

Data updated: 2026-09-28

The net expense ratio is 0.17%: a 0.14% management fee plus 0.03% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $1.2M in broker commissions, 0.0020% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 3%.

C000065037 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000065037. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2019.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.14%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.03%
Gross expense ratio0.17%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.17%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000065037 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000065037, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $109 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.18% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.17%)$18$56$98
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$3$10
Total costs$18$60$109
Value after costs$10,482$11,517$12,653
Impact on return, per year0.18%0.18%0.18%

C000065037 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0020%
  • Total broker commissions: $1.2M
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $8.3B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 3%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $182.9M
  • Net income from securities lending: $7.4M (0.012% of average net assets)

C000065037 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.$243K23.12%
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.$147K13.94%
MORGAN STANLEY$139K13.23%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION$124K11.82%
CITIGROUP INC.$123K11.69%
JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC.$96K9.13%
UBS GROUP AG$72K6.80%
Nomura Holdings, Inc.$51K4.86%
BARCLAYS PLC$34K3.21%
BNP PARIBAS$23K2.21%

C000065037 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund$8.3B99.57%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.$14.7M0.18%
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.$8.2M0.10%
MORGAN STANLEY$6.3M0.08%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION$2.3M0.03%
UBS GROUP AG$1.9M0.02%
CITIGROUP INC.$998K0.01%
MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED$570K0.01%
JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC.$457K0.01%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC$452K0.01%

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
VTETF Shares0.06%—
VTWIXInstitutional Shares0.07%none
VTWAXAdmiral Shares0.09%none
C000065037Investor Shares0.17%none

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.