C000155396 Fees and Costs — Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2055 Fund, Institutional Shares

Data updated: 2022-03-01

The net expense ratio is 0.09%. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $29K in broker commissions, 0.0002% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 5%.

C000155396 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000155396. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.00%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.00%
Gross expense ratio0.09%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.09%
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

C000155396 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000155396, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $57 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.09% 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 0.09%)$9$30$52
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$1$5
Total costs$9$31$57
Value after costs$10,491$11,545$12,705
Impact on return, per year0.09%0.09%0.09%

C000155396 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0002%
  • Total broker commissions: $29K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $9.7B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 5%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000155396 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$13K43.84%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$9K31.05%
BofA Securities, Inc.$7K25.10%

C000155396 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund$2.8B28.80%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund$2.7B27.61%
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund$2.3B23.57%
Vanguard Total International Bond II Index Fund$593.0M6.09%
Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund$566.5M5.81%
Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund$358.1M3.68%
BofA Securities, Inc.$223.0M2.29%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$209.4M2.15%

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.