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About VANGUARD WHITEHALL FUNDS EMERGING MKT GOVT BOND INDEX ETF CL
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Inception date
May 31, 2013
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Distributes
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Tax on distributions
Ordinary income
VWOB limits its scope to USD-denominated emerging market debt. As a result, investors avoid (for better or worse) any direct impact from currency volatilities. The avoidance of locally-denominated issues limits the impact of currency volatilities on portfolio returns, though FX costs will still be an issue. Note that dollar-denominated debt doesn't imply a superior credit quality: Emerging market locally-denominated issues tend to carry higher credit ratings than USD-denominated debt. The fund also skews toward the longer end of the yield curve, resulting in longer maturity and higher sensitivity to changes in interest rates.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Corporate
Stocks0.08%
Finance0.08%
Bonds, Cash & Other99.92%
Government79.00%
Corporate20.76%
Cash0.15%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history