C000155406 Performance — Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2050 Fund, Institutional Shares

Data updated: 2022-03-01

C000155406 returned +16.59% over one year to Dec 2021. Over one year the fund beat its Target-Date category average: $100 grew to $117, against $112 for the category. Volatility over the past 12 months was 8.51% a year. In the 12 months to Dec 2021 the fund took in a net $10.6B, and assets reached $37.09B.

C000155406 Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2050 Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Target-Date category average over the same months.

PeriodC000155406Category average
1 year (Jan 2021 – Dec 2021)$117$112
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Dec 2021)$147$135

C000155406 Trailing Returns

Total returns to Dec 2021, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+16.59%
3 years (annualised)+16.64%

C000155406 Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2050 Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2021+16.59%
2020+16.33%
2019 (Jul–Dec)+8.33%

C000155406 Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2021−0.3%+2.4%+2.4%+3.8%+1.4%+1.3%+0.6%+2.2%−3.8%+4.5%−2.3%+3.5%
2020−1.0%−6.7%−13.3%+10.2%+4.7%+2.8%+4.7%+5.3%−2.6%−1.9%+11.2%+4.5%
2019——————+0.1%−1.7%+1.8%+2.4%+2.4%+3.0%

C000155406 Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Jan 2021 – Dec 2021.

  • 1-year volatility (annualised): 8.51%
  • Best month: +4.54% (Oct 2021)
  • Worst month: −3.76% (Sep 2021)

C000155406 Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2050 Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: $10.6B
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $15.2B
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 3.32×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Dec 2021$1.3B$1.2B$152.3M
Nov 2021$856.6M$233.9M$622.7M
Oct 2021$899.0M$330.6M$568.4M
Sep 2021$742.7M$565.5M$177.3M
Aug 2021$1.8B$296.1M$1.5B
Jul 2021$990.1M$287.9M$702.2M
Jun 2021$1.4B$363.0M$1.0B
May 2021$1.6B$300.1M$1.3B
Apr 2021$1.7B$175.8M$1.5B
Mar 2021$2.0B$291.2M$1.7B
Feb 2021$1.1B$240.3M$867.1M
Jan 2021$771.3M$335.7M$435.6M

C000155406 Assets Under Management

Net assets of Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2050 Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2021-12-31$37.09B
2021-09-30$34.50B
2021-06-30$32.48B
2021-03-31$26.76B
2020-12-31$22.68B
2020-09-30$19.59B
2020-06-30$18.33B
2020-03-31$14.94B
2019-12-31$17.40B
2019-09-30$16.03B

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.