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Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares (VNQ) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Every Closelooknet reading that exists for VNQ, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 2 pieces · newest: Strategy, “When You Think the Rally Pauses, Sell Calls — Not Your ETF” (2026-06-10)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where VNQ appears in the diary — 2 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Real estate in US: −1.5% week · −7.1% month · −7.4% quarter · −0.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLRE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-26
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.50 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How VNQ has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.50 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares moved 0.50% on average · correlation 0.33 · higher than 52% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.49 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.33% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.31% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.74%, quarterly · last 0.80 USD on 2026-09-23

Dividends and capital return

What VNQ pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.40 USD per share · a 3.74% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year −21.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 4.34 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.80 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-23
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.80 USD (partial) · 2024: 3.43 USD · 2025: 3.47 USD · 2026: 2.60 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-09-28

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares (VNQ) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares (VNQ)?

Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares is an exchange-traded fund trading as VNQ on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

How does Closelooknet use VNQ?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does VNQ trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -6.2% vs the 50-day and -3.1% vs the 200-day average, 10.6% below the 52-week high and +5.6% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares had a beta of 0.50 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 52% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.33% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares?

Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares appears in 2 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Strategy: When You Think the Rally Pauses, Sell Calls — Not Your ETF (2026-06-10); Strategy: Options — From Apple to Nebius: Matching the Strategy to the Stock and the Vol (2026-06-07). What Closelooknet said most recently: Workable — liquid enough to run cleanly: the SPDR Select Sector funds — XLK (tech), XLF (financials), XLE (energy), XLV (health), XLI (industrials), XLY (discretionary), XLP (staples), XLC (communications), XLRE (real estate) — plus the… (Strategy, 2026-06-10). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

Does Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares pay a dividend?

Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares has paid 3.40 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.74% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.80 USD on 2026-09-23. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VNQ, fund basics and the top holdings by weight with the Closelooknet names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.