Investment objective & strategy
As of April 29, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The Portfolio seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-capitalization stocks.
Strategy. Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds Equity Index Portfolio (the Portfolio) employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poors 500 Index (the Index), a widely recognized benchmark of U.S. stock market performance that is dominated by the stocks of large U.S. companies. The Portfolio attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index. The Portfolio may become nondiversified, as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, solely as a result of an index rebalance or market movement. Vanguard Variable Insurance Funds Equity Index Portfolio (the Portfolio) employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poors 500 Index (the Index), a widely recognized benchmark of U.S. stock market performance that is dominated by the stocks of large U.S. companies. The Portfolio attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the Index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index. The Portfolio may become nondiversified, as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, solely as a result of an index rebalance or market movement.
Top holdings
As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORP | — | $949.07M | 7.58% |
| APPLE INC | — | $834.41M | 6.66% |
| MICROSOFT CORP | — | $615.57M | 4.91% |
| AMAZON.COM INC | — | $455.63M | 3.64% |
| ALPHABET INC CL A | — | $374.85M | 2.99% |
| BROADCOM INC | — | $328.64M | 2.62% |
| ALPHABET INC CL C | — | $300.52M | 2.40% |
| META PLATFORMS INC CL A | — | $280.23M | 2.24% |
| TESLA INC | — | $234.14M | 1.87% |
| BERKSHIRE HATH-B | — | $196.79M | 1.57% |
Portfolio moves
Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.
Similar funds
Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight| Fund | Overlap | Net exp. |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL INDEX FUND · VINIX, VIIIX | 100% | 0.02% |
| VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND · VFIAX, VFINX, VOO, VFFSX | 100% | 0.01% |
| THRIVENT LARGE CAP INDEX PORTFOLIO | 100% | 0.23% |
Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| The Vanguard Group, Inc. | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
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