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Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF

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Investing internationally offers investment diversification and access to industries and companies not available in Australia. After all, the Australian sharemarket represents less than 3% of the total world sharemarket while the US market accounts for approximately 55%.*

International shares are considered higher risk, higher return investments and are suited to longer-term investors (seven years plus).

The Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF seeks to track the performance of the overall U.S. stockmarket using the benchmark MSCI® US Broad Market Index which represents approximately 99.5% of the total market capitalisation of all the U.S. common stocks regularly traded on the New York and American Stock Exchanges and the NASDAQ over-the-counter market.  This ETF invests all, or substantially all, of its assets in a representative sample of the stocks that make up this index.

VTS is invested in US shares so there is a possibility that the value of a foreign investment, measured in Australian dollars, will decrease because of unfavourable changes in the currency exchange rates.


* MSCI ex Australia as at end February’09.

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Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) at a Glance*

Australian Shares-
 ASX CodeBenchmarkLocal / InternationalETF Fee (per annum)Distribution ScheduleLonsec
Rating
Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF VAS S&P/ ASX 300 Index Local 0.27% Quarterly Approved
International Shares-
 ASX CodeBenchmarkLocal / InternationalETF Fee (per annum)Distribution ScheduleLonsec
Rating
Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF VTS MSCI US Broad Market Index International 0.09% Quarterly Approved
Vanguard All-World ex-US Shares Index ETF VEU FTSE All-World ex-US Index International 0.25% Annually (December) Approved

* Information correct as of Apr 15 2009.

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