VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY MODERATE GROWTH FUND
Actively managed U.S. stock fund
As of its 2026 Q2 report, VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY MODERATE GROWTH FUND held 7 positions with $23.89B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 99.9% of the fund. The VSMGX share class costs 0.1% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, VSMGX returned 20.0%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q3 it added 2 new positions and exited 2.
Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide capital appreciation and a low to moderate level of current income.
The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of Vanguard mutual funds allocated approximately 60% to stocks and 40% to fixed income, targeting 36% U.S. stocks, 24% foreign stocks, 28% U.S. fixed income, and 12% foreign fixed income. Stock holdings span U.S. and foreign large-, mid-, and small-capitalization companies, while fixed income includes government, corporate, and securitized bonds across maturities, with foreign bonds hedged to reduce currency risk.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 36.60% | $8.74B | 50.7M | $172.36 |
Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund | 26.39% | $6.30B | 662.2M | $9.52 |
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund | 25.19% | $6.02B | 225.9M | $26.64 |
Vanguard Total International Bond II Index Fund | 11.04% | $2.64B | 302.9M | $8.71 |
Vanguard Cmt Funds-Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 0.64% | $152.37M | — | — |
N/A | 0.03% | $6.49M | — | — |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-04-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
All 7 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.
What the fund is made of
Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.
| Stocks | 61.41% |
| Bonds | 31.32% |
| Securitized | 5.49% |
| Cash & short-term | 3.11% |
| Derivatives | -0.19% |
Look-through blends 4 underlying funds; 0.0% of NAV was not looked through and stays direct-classified.
The outer band is exposure held short — written against the portfolio rather than part of it, which is why it sits outside the ring and why the two are never netted into one figure.
How it has done
VSMGX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 8.59%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
Jun 2026 and Jul 2026 have been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so they are not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.
Fees & fund details
VANGUARD LIFESTRATEGY MODERATE GROWTH FUND is an actively managed U.S. equity fund.
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- United States
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- Open-end fund
- Features
- Fund of funds
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.10%· VSMGX 0.10%
- Portfolio turnover
- 8.00% a year · as of 2026 Q1
Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.
Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.
What changed this quarter
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
2 new· not itemized for this fund
2 exited· not itemized for this fund
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