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Small-Cap Stock Index Portfolio

Overview

Unit Price as of 05/08/2025 $65.15
Change $1.01 1.57%
Expense Ratio as of 05/08/2025 0.12%
Inception Date 11/19/2003

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of small-capitalization stocks.

Investment Strategy

The Portfolio invests in the Vanguard® Small-Cap Index Fund, which employs a "passive management"—or indexing—investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Small Cap Index, a broadly diversified index of stocks of small U.S. companies. The Fund 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.

Investment Risks

The Portfolio primarily is subject to stock market risk and investment style risk.The Portfolio also has a low level of derivatives risk.

Average Annual Returns - Updated Monthly as of 04/30/2025

Name 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception 11/19/2003
Name Small-Cap Stock Index Portfolio 1 year 2.60% 3 year 5.05% 5 year 11.85% 10 year 7.57% Since Inception 11/19/2003 8.97%
Name Spliced Small Cap Index** 1 year 2.67% 3 year 5.07% 5 year 11.90% 10 year 7.64% Since Inception 11/19/2003 9.14%

**Consists of the MSCI US Small Cap 1750 Index through January 30, 2013; and the CRSP US Small Cap Index thereafter.

Annual Investment Returns

Year Ended Small-Cap Stock Index Portfolio
Year Ended 2024 Small-Cap Stock Index Portfolio 14.14%
Year Ended 2023 Small-Cap Stock Index Portfolio 18.13%
Year Ended 2022 Small-Cap Stock Index Portfolio -17.68%
Year Ended 2021 Small-Cap Stock Index Portfolio 17.61%
Year Ended 2020 Small-Cap Stock Index Portfolio 19.03%

Historical Prices

05/08/2025 $65.15
05/07/2025 $64.14
05/06/2025 $63.91
05/05/2025 $64.42
05/02/2025 $64.69

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Index performance is provided as a benchmark but is not illustrative of any particular investment. An investment cannot be made in an index.

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance - especially short-term past performance - is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, so that investors' units, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent quarter-end click here.

Investment returns are not guaranteed, and you could lose money by investing in the Direct Plan.

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Ascensus Broker Dealer Services, Inc., serves as Program Manager and, in connection with its affiliates, provides recordkeeping and administrative support services and is responsible for day-to-day operations of the Direct Plan. The Vanguard Group, Inc., serves as the Investment Manager. Vanguard Marketing Corporation markets, distributes, and underwrites the Direct Plan.

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