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Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares (VSS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on VSS

What this diary said about Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we said

Company snapshot — Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

VSS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund tracks an index of smaller listed companies outside the United States, spreading holdings across many countries and sectors rather than concentrating in any one theme. It buys nearly all of the constituents that make up its target benchmark so its return should move closely with that basket of stocks.
Where it sits in the stack
VSS is not a company inside our index; it sits in the broad international-equity sleeve of the diary's ETF coverage, used as a wrapper for ex-US small-cap exposure rather than a stack constituent.
Who it is priced against
The diary grouped it with other broad international wrappers that covered similar ground from different angles — EEM and EMEQ for emerging markets, ASEA for Southeast Asia, and VPL for the developed Pacific.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It appears once in the diary, in a Daily Pulse piece on rebuilding the global ETF book; it carries no Closelooknet index seat and no score, and the quote marks it as one of five overlapping wrappers removed from that book.
What the diary watches
Whether the diary's global ETF book reintroduces a dedicated ex-US small-cap wrapper once the overlap it once shared with other regional funds is resolved differently.

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares (VSS) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.86%, semi-annual · last 0.30 USD on 2026-09-18

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 4.51 USD per share · a 2.86% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 3 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +11.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 4.06 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.30 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-18
  • By calendar year 2023: 2.05 USD (partial) · 2024: 3.94 USD · 2025: 4.87 USD · 2026: 1.15 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-18

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.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.63 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

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

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.63 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares moved 0.63% on average · correlation 0.36 · higher than 64% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.76 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.11% 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 −0.62% 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.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

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
  • 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

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

Quick answers

What is Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares (VSS)?

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares is an exchange-traded fund trading as VSS on the US exchange 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 VSS?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap 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 VSS trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +0.4% vs the 50-day and +2.4% vs the 200-day average, 3.4% below the 52-week high and +17.9% 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.

What does Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares do?

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund tracks an index of smaller listed companies outside the United States, spreading holdings across many countries and sectors rather than concentrating in any one theme. It buys nearly all of the constituents that make up its target benchmark so its return should move closely with that basket of stocks. The diary grouped it with other broad international wrappers that covered similar ground from different angles — EEM and EMEQ for emerging markets, ASEA for Southeast Asia, and VPL for the developed Pacific.

Where does Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares sit in the AI build-out?

VSS is not a company inside our index; it sits in the broad international-equity sleeve of the diary's ETF coverage, used as a wrapper for ex-US small-cap exposure rather than a stack constituent. It appears once in the diary, in a Daily Pulse piece on rebuilding the global ETF book; it carries no Closelooknet index seat and no score, and the quote marks it as one of five overlapping wrappers removed from that book.

Does Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares pay a dividend?

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares has paid 4.51 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 2.86% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.30 USD on 2026-09-18. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares had a beta of 0.63 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 64% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.11% 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 FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares?

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently Daily Pulse: One Core, Three Countries: The Global ETF Book Rebuilt (2026-07-11). What Closelooknet said most recently: Two broad emerging-market wrappers (EEM, EMEQ), Southeast Asia (ASEA), the developed Pacific (VPL) and ex-US small-caps (VSS) were covering much of the same ground five different ways — all five are gone. (Daily Pulse, 2026-07-11). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VSS, 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.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Daily Pulse, “One Core, Three Countries: The Global ETF Book Rebuilt” (2026-07-11)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where VSS appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

  • One Core, Three Countries: The Global ETF Book RebuiltDaily Pulse · 11 Jul 2026Two broad emerging-market wrappers (EEM, EMEQ), Southeast Asia (ASEA), the developed Pacific (VPL) and ex-US small-caps (VSS) were covering much of the same ground five different ways — all five are gone.