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Fund overview
  Vanguard STAR Fund        
Symbol VGSTX
Asset class Balanced
Category Moderate Allocation
Risk potential
Expense ratio 0.31%
NAV $28.34
As of  07/26/2024
Change in NAV $0.26  0.93%
Investment advisor See advisor
Admiral™ Shares
Average annual performance—quarter end
  Vanguard STAR Fund        
YTD 5.61%
YTD as-of date 06/30/2024
1-year 11.88%
3-year 0.94%
5-year 7.76%
10-year 7.15%
1-, 3-, 5-, 10-year as-of date 06/30/2024
Since inception 9.19%
Inception date 03/29/1985
SEC yield 2.31% B
30day   
SEC yield as-of date 06/30/2024
Average annual total return—after taxes on distributions
  Vanguard STAR Fund        
1-year 10.14%
3-year -0.92%
5-year 5.89%
10-year 5.44%
Since inception
Inception date 03/29/1985
1-, 3-, 5-, 10-year as-of date 06/30/2024
Average annual total return—after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares
  Vanguard STAR Fund        
1-year 7.63%
3-year 0.33%
5-year 5.69%
10-year 5.21%
Since inception
Inception date 03/29/1985
1-, 3-, 5-, 10-year as-of date 06/30/2024
Fees and minimums
  Vanguard STAR Fund        
Load None
Commission None
12b-1 fee None
Purchase fee None
Redemption fee None
General account minimum $1,000
IRA minimum $1,000
UGMA/UTMA minimum $1,000
Additional investments $1
FundAccess fee
Asset allocation
  Vanguard STAR Fund        
As-of date 06/30/2024
Stocks 63.64%
Bonds 36.36%
Short-term investments
Other
Ten largest holdings
  Vanguard STAR Fund        
As-of date 06/30/2024
1 Vanguard Windsor II Fund Investor Shares
2 Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund Investor Shares
3 Vanguard International Growth Fund Investor Shares
4 Vanguard International Value Fund
5 Vanguard Windsor Fund Investor Shares
6 Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund Investor Shares
7 Vanguard Explorer Fund
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% of total net assets 63.80%
Equity characteristics
  Vanguard STAR Fund        
Number of stocks
Median market cap

price/earnings (P/E) ratio

The share price of a stock divided by its per-share earnings over the past year or, for a portfolio, the weighted average P/E ratio of the stocks in the portfolio. P/E is a good indicator of market expectations about a company's prospects; the higher the P/E, the greater the expectations for future earnings growth.

price/book ratio

The price per share of a stock divided by its book value (i.e., net worth) per share. For a portfolio, the ratio is the weighted average price/book ratio of the stocks it holds.

Return on equity
Earnings growth rate
Foreign holdings
Turnover rate
Equity sector diversification
  Vanguard STAR Fund        
As-of date 03/31/2024
Basic materials 3.12%
Communication services 7.42%
Consumer cyclical 12.78%
Consumer defensive 4.14%
Energy 4.13%
Financial services 13.45%
Health care 15.28%
Industrials 11.78%
Real estate 1.59%
Technology 25.25%
Utilities 1.05%
Fixed income characteristics
  Vanguard STAR Fund        
As-of date
Number of bonds

Average Effective Maturity (taxable bond funds and balanced funds except Tax-Managed Balanced)
Average Effective Maturity is defined as the average length of time until fixed income securities held by a fund reach maturity and are repaid, taking into consideration that an action such as a call or refunding may cause some bonds to be repaid before they mature.

Average Stated Maturity (municipal bond funds and Tax-Managed Balanced)
Average Stated Maturity represents the average of the stated maturity dates for all fixed income securities held by the fund.

The longer the average maturity, the more a fund's share price will move up or down in response to changes in interest rates.

Average duration
Average coupon
Fund characteristics
  Vanguard STAR Fund        
Fund total net assets
Share class total net assets
Fiscal year end
Historical volatility measures
  Vanguard STAR Fund        
As-of date

beta

A measure of the magnitude of a portfolio's past share-price fluctuations in relation to the ups and downs of the overall market (or appropriate market index). The market (or index) is assigned a beta of 1.00, so a portfolio with a beta of 1.20 would have seen its share price rise or fall by 12% when the overall market rose or fell by 10%. At Vanguard, beta is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index.

1.13

R-squared

A measure of how much of a portfolio's performance can be explained by the returns from the overall market (or a benchmark index). If a portfolio's total return precisely matched that of the overall market or benchmark, its R-squared would be 1.00. If a portfolio's return bore no relationship to the returns of the market or benchmark, its R-squared would be 0. At Vanguard, R-squared is based on returns over the past 36 months for both the fund and the index.

0.99