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Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases |
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Purchase Fee |
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Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends |
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Redemption Fee |
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Account Service Fee Per Year
(for certain fund account balances below $10,000) |
$ |
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Management Fees1
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12b-1 Distribution Fee |
|
Other Expenses2
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
|
1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Return |
Quarter |
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|
- |
|
|
1 Year |
Since
Fund
Inception |
Fund
Inception
Date |
Baillie Gifford Positive Change Equities Fund |
|
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|
Institutional Class Returns Before Taxes |
|
|
|
Institutional Class Returns After Taxes on Distributions |
|
|
|
Institutional Class Returns After Taxes on Distributions
and Sale of Fund Shares |
|
|
|
Class K Returns Before Taxes |
9.22% |
27.98% |
|
Comparative Index
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
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MSCI ACWI Index |
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Plain Talk About Fund Expenses |
All mutual funds have operating expenses. These expenses, which are
deducted from a fund’s gross income, are expressed as a percentage of the
net assets of the fund. Assuming that operating expenses remain as stated
in the Fees and Expenses section, Vanguard Baillie Gifford Global Positive
Impact Stock Fund’s expense ratio would be 0.59%, or $5.90 per $1,000 of
average net assets. |
Plain Talk About Costs of Investing |
Costs are an important consideration in choosing a mutual fund. That is
because you, as a shareholder, pay a proportionate share of the costs of
operating a fund and any transaction costs incurred when the fund buys or
sells securities. These costs can erode a substantial portion of the gross
income or the capital appreciation a fund achieves. Even seemingly small
differences in expenses can, over time, have a dramatic effect on a
fund’s performance. |
Plain Talk About Growth Funds and Value Funds |
Growth investing and value investing are two styles employed by stock-fund
managers. Growth funds generally invest in stocks of companies believed to
have above-average potential for growth in revenue, earnings, cash flow, or
other similar criteria. These stocks typically have low dividend yields, if any,
and above-average prices in relation to measures such as earnings and book
value. Value funds typically invest in stocks whose prices are below average
in relation to those measures; these stocks often have above-average
dividend yields. Value stocks also may remain undervalued by the market for
long periods of time. Growth and value stocks have historically produced
similar long-term returns, though each category has periods when it
outperforms the other. |
Plain Talk About International Investing |
U.S. investors who invest in foreign securities will encounter risks not
typically associated with U.S. companies because foreign stock and bond
markets operate differently from the U.S. markets. For instance, foreign
companies and governments may not be subject to the same or similar
auditing, legal, tax, regulatory, financial reporting, accounting, and
recordkeeping standards and practices as U.S. companies and the U.S.
government, and their stocks and bonds may not be as liquid as those of
similar U.S. entities. In addition, foreign stock exchanges, brokers,
companies, bond markets, and dealers may be subject to less government
supervision and regulation than their counterparts in the United States.
Further, the imposition of economic or other sanctions on the United States
by a foreign country, or on a foreign country or issuer by the United States,
could impair a fund's ability to buy, sell, hold, receive, deliver, or otherwise
transact in certain investment securities or obtain exposure to foreign
securities and assets. These factors, among others, could negatively affect
the returns U.S. investors receive from foreign investments. |
Plain Talk About Vanguard’s Unique Corporate Structure |
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shareholders in those funds. Most other mutual funds are operated by
management companies that are owned by third parties—either public or
private stockholders—and not by the funds they serve. |
Plain Talk About Distributions |
As a shareholder, you are entitled to your portion of a fund’s income from
interest and dividends as well as capital gains from the fund’s sale of
investments. Income consists of both the dividends that the fund earns from
any stock holdings and the interest it receives from any money market and
bond investments. Capital gains are realized whenever the fund sells
securities for higher prices than it paid for them. These capital gains are
either short-term or long-term, depending on whether the fund held the
securities for one year or less or for more than one year. |
Plain Talk About Buying a Dividend |
Unless you are a tax-exempt investor or investing through a tax-advantaged
account (such as an IRA or an employer-sponsored retirement or savings
plan), you should consider avoiding a purchase of fund shares shortly before
the fund makes a distribution, because doing so can cost you money in
taxes. This is known as “buying a dividend.” For example: On December 15,
you invest $5,000, buying 250 shares for $20 each. If the fund pays a
distribution of $1 per share on December 16, its share price will drop to $19
(not counting market change). You still have only $5,000 (250 shares x $19 =
$4,750 in share value, plus 250 shares x $1 = $250 in distributions), but you
owe tax on the $250 distribution you received—even if you reinvest it in
more shares. To avoid buying a dividend, check a fund’s distribution schedule
before you invest. |
|
|
| |||
|
Year Ended December 31, |
December 14,
2017a
through
December 31, | |||
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$23.81 |
$13.13 |
$10.10 |
$10.16 |
$10.00 |
From investment operations |
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss) b
|
(0.06) |
(0.04) |
0.05 |
(0.02) |
(0.00)c
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments and foreign currency |
2.25 |
11.65 |
3.04 |
(0.04)d
|
0.16 |
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from
investment operations |
2.19 |
11.61 |
3.09 |
(0.06) |
0.16 |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders |
|
|
|
|
|
From net investment income |
— |
— |
(0.04) |
— |
— |
From net realized gain on investments |
(2.07) |
(0.93) |
(0.02) |
— |
— |
Total Dividends and Distributions |
(2.07) |
(0.93) |
(0.06) |
— |
— |
Net asset value, end of period |
$23.93 |
$23.81 |
$13.13 |
$10.10 |
$10.16 |
Total Return |
|
|
|
|
|
Total return based on net asset valuee
|
9.22% |
88.43% |
30.53% |
(0.59)% |
1.60% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) |
$111,919 |
$59,594 |
$15,923 |
$5,036 |
$508 |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets,
before waiver |
0.70% |
1.02% |
1.63% |
3.21% |
53.13%* |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets, after
waiver |
0.65% |
0.65% |
0.65% |
0.65% |
0.65% |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average
net assets |
(0.22)% |
(0.19)% |
0.44% |
(0.14)% |
(0.47)%* |
Portfolio turnover ratef
|
28% |
40% |
7% |
7% |
0% |
|
|
| |||
|
Year Ended December 31, |
December 14,
2017a
through
December 31, | |||
For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$23.79 |
$13.13 |
$10.10 |
$10.16 |
$10.00 |
From Investment Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss) b
|
(0.08) |
(0.04) |
0.05 |
(0.02) |
(0.00)c
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments and foreign currency |
2.25 |
11.63 |
3.03 |
(0.04)d
|
0.16 |
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from
investment operations |
2.17 |
11.59 |
3.08 |
(0.06) |
0.16 |
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders |
|
|
|
|
|
From net investment income |
— |
— |
(0.03) |
— |
— |
From net realized gain on investments |
(2.07) |
(0.93) |
(0.02) |
— |
— |
Total Dividends and Distributions |
(2.07) |
(0.93) |
(0.05) |
— |
— |
Net asset value, end of period |
$23.89 |
$23.79 |
$13.13 |
$10.10 |
$10.16 |
Total Return |
|
|
|
|
|
Total return based on net asset valuee
|
9.15% |
88.28% |
30.49% |
(0.59)% |
1.60% |
Ratios/Supplemental Data |
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) |
$87,160 |
$36,400 |
$10,718 |
$7,492 |
$508 |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets,
before waiver |
0.77% |
1.05% |
1.63% |
3.21% |
53.13%* |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets, after
waiver |
0.72% |
0.68% |
0.65% |
0.65% |
0.80% |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average
net assets |
(0.28)% |
(0.21)% |
0.41% |
(0.14)% |
(0.47)%* |
Portfolio turnover ratef
|
28% |
40% |
7% |
7% |
0% |
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Inception
Date |
Newspaper
Abbreviation |
Vanguard
Fund Number |
CUSIP
Number |
Vanguard Baillie Gifford
Global Positive Impact
Stock Fund |
12/14/20171
|
VanBGPosImp |
V010 |
92205M408 |