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Vanguard Total Stock Market

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Ticker: VTI
Expense ratio: 0.07%
One-year total return: -30.0%
Three-year total return: -7.4%

What it does: Tracks the MSCI U.S. Broad Market Index, which includes nearly all U.S. stocks

By Penelope Wang, Money magazine senior writer

NEXT: Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US

Last updated June 18 2009: 10:28 AM ET

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Source: Morningstar
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Returns through June 15, 2009.

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