VGPMX
VANGUARD GLOBAL CAPITAL CYCLES FUND
VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS
Expense ratio1
0.44%
Net assets2
$3.55B
Holdings2
84
Category
International Equity
2025 return3
65.92%

Investment objective & strategy

As of May 29, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy. The Fund invests in U.S. and foreign equity securities. The Fund seeks to generate above average compounded returns by purchasing securities in companies and industries where capital spending is declining, and seeks to avoid companies, assets, and business models that can be easily replicated. Companies, assets, and business models that cannot be easily replicated may include those with differentiated offerings, a low-cost advantage, or that maintain an advantage over competitors in their same industry. The Fund typically invests across a range of sectors, a mix of developed and emerging markets stocks, and typically holds companies across the market capitalization spectrum. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e. hold 25% or more of its net assets) in securities of issuers whose … The Fund invests in U.S. and foreign equity securities. The Fund seeks to generate above average compounded returns by purchasing securities in companies and industries where capital spending is declining, and seeks to avoid companies, assets, and business models that can be easily replicated. Companies, assets, and business models that cannot be easily replicated may include those with differentiated offerings, a low-cost advantage, or that maintain an advantage over competitors in their same industry. The Fund typically invests across a range of sectors, a mix of developed and emerging markets stocks, and typically holds companies across the market capitalization spectrum. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e. hold 25% or more of its net assets) in securities of issuers whose principal business activities are in the precious metals and mining industry.

Top holdings

As of Jan. 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
BARRICK MINING CORP $212.63M 6.00%
Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund $205.73M 5.80%
ANGLO AMER PLC $150.01M 4.23%
SAMSUNG ELECTRON $124.87M 3.52%
TECK RESOURCES-B $106.77M 3.01%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC $101.10M 2.85%
SK TELECOM $99.88M 2.82%
GLENCORE PLC $92.44M 2.61%
RIO TINTO-ADR $82.66M 2.33%
GSK PLC $81.50M 2.30%
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Allocation by sector

As of January 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026
Opened
14
Exited
3
Increased
54
Decreased
16
Unchanged
0

How 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.

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Advisers

As of January 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Wellington Management Company LLP Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of May 29, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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